Jon Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad have been an inspiration to many. The couple has been through thick and thin, and their love has only grown stronger with time. In a trailer for the November 2023 Netflix documentary American Symphony, Batiste said, "I’m always in awe of Suleika, how she deals with hardship."
The documentary follows a year in Batiste’s life, documenting his soaring professional success as Jaoud battles leukemia. After initially going into remission in her 20s, Jaouad relapsed in 2021. That November, she began chemotherapy treatments on the same day that Batiste received a total of 11 Grammy nominations.
Batiste and Jaouad tied the knot in February 2022, one day before Jaouad received a bone marrow transplant. "We have known that we wanted to get married, I think, from the first week that we started dating," Jaouad said during an April 2022 appearance on CBS Mornings.
The couple first met when they were teenagers at band camp. They started dating years later in 2014, and their love story has been nothing short of amazing. Their relationship has been a testament to the power of love and the strength of the human spirit.
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