John Francis Bongiovi was born on March 2, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He always dreamed of a musical career. He formed his first band, Atlantic City Expressway in 1979. The first member of this band was David Bryan, who later became Bon Jovi's keyboard player. The band had some modest local success. As a senior high school student, John met Dorothea Rose Hurley, who later became his wife and mother of their children.

In the beginning of the 1980s John got a job in the legendary Power Station Studios as an assistant. Although he had to make coffee and clean the floor, he didn't mind, since after work, he could stay there to work on his own songs. When a local radio station released "Runaway" made him a well known musician. The success of the song (And the record label Mercury) made it necessary for John to have a band: Bon Jovi was officially formed.

In 1989, Jon married Dorothea Rose Hurley.

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After the band's New Jersey tour in 1989-1990, the exhausted members got home without common plans. Jon was asked by his friend, Emilio Estevez to compose the soundtrack to his movie, Young Guns II. The song "Blaze Of Glory" was a great success, just like Jon's first solo album, containing further songs form the movie.

In 1993 Stephanie Rose was born. Two years later, Dorothea gave birth to Jesse James Louis.

Around the middle of the 1990s, Jon became more and more interested in cinema. He has played some roles in several films and TV-series, such as: The Leading Man, No Looking Back, Little City, Homegrown, U-571, Pay It Forward, Los Muertos, Sex And The City and Ally McBeal.

His second solo album, "Destination Anywhere" was released in 1997, which was followed by some solo live appearances. "The Power Station Years 1980-1983", a semi-official release collects some songs Jon recorded while he was working in the Power Station Studios.

In 2002, Jon and Dorothea's third child, Jacob Hurley was born.