Jake Bongiovi

Jacob Hurley Bongiovi was born on May 7, 2002,^[2] in New Jersey, U.S., and raised in Middletown Township, New Jersey.^[3] He is the son of musician Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley, and has three siblings.^[4] He attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn.^[5] Bongiovi attended The Pennington School, where he played on the football team.^[6] He attended Syracuse University in 2020, but dropped out after his first year to pursue acting.^[7]

Bongiovi made his acting debut as part of the cast in the romantic comedy Sweethearts, directed by Jordan Weiss.^[8] Filming wrapped on the project in August 2022.^[9] In February 2023, he was cast in Todd Tucker's musical film Rockbottom alongside McKaley Miller and Teala Dunn, which follows a fictitious 1980s hair metal band CougarSnake, centered on lead actor Tom Everett Scott. Bongiovi's character Justin is a potential lead singer who must first overcome stage fright.^[10]

As a model, Bongiovi is signed with William Morris Endeavor and IMG Models.^[11] In 2022, Bongiovi starred in a video for fashion brand Versace.^[12]

Since 2021, Bongiovi has been in a relationship with British actress Millie Bobby Brown. They made their red-carpet debut together in March 2022 at the BAFTA Awards.^[13] The couple announced their engagement in April 2023, by both making posts to their respective Instagram accounts.^[14][15][16] News of the engagement was reported as going quickly viral by Newsweek in April 2023,^[17] with media discussion of the young ages of Bongiovi (20) and Brown (19) at the time.^[18][19] In May 2024, the couple married in a private ceremony.^[20] In August 2025, Bongiovi and Brown announced they had welcomed their first child, a baby girl, through adoption.^[21]