Bongiovi is expected to make his acting debut as part of the cast in the
Jordan Weiss and
New Line Cinema upcoming romantic comedy, Sweethearts. He is cast alongside
Charlie Hall,
Kiernan Shipka and
Nico Hiraga, playing the role of Kellan.[8][9] Filming was wrapped on the project in August 2022.[10] Filming locations reportedly included Jersey City and Cranford and at Ramapo College in Mahwah.[11] In February 2023 he was cast in the upcoming Todd Tucker musical film Rockbottom alongside
McKaley Miller and
Teala Dunn, which follows a fictitious 1980s hair metal band CougarSnake, centred around lead actor
Tom Everett Scott. Bongiovi’s character Justin is a potential lead singer who must first overcome stage fright.[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, with both making respective posts to their
Instagram accounts.[14][15][16] News of the engagement was reported as going quickly
viral by
Newsweek in April 2023,[17] with
broadsheet discussion of the relative young ages of Bongiovi (20) and Brown (19) at the time of the engagement.[18][19]
^Donyéa, Tennyson.
"Bon Jovi’s son will run away from N.J. He’s chosen an out-of-state college.", NJ Advance Media for
NJ.com, February 4, 2020. Accessed April 13, 2023. "Jake Bongiovi, son of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi, has announced what college he plans to attend. The Pennington School senior revealed he’s chosen to attend Syracuse University this fall."