Jon Batiste Shares Sweet Photos With Wife Suleika Jaouad in Hospital
Jon Batiste Shares Sweet Photos With Wife Suleika Jaouad in Hospital
Paige Catton Mon, October 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
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Originally appeared on E! Online
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad’s love for each other will never go away.
After Jaouad underwent a third bone marrow transplant amid her yearslong cancer journey, Batiste shed light on how his wife was feeling by sharing photos of them together in the hospital.
“The kids doing alright today,” the Grammy winner wrote on Instagram Oct. 25 in a joint post with Jaouad, “and still madly in love.”
Indeed, the couple—who married in 2022—appeared in good spirits despite the circumstances. After all, in the sweet selfies, Jaouad cuddled up together as they posed for the camera.
In the first shot, the writer—who had a blanket around her shoulders—leaned her chin on Batiste’s shoulder, while she leaned her head up to give the Late Show with Stephen Colbert alum a smooch in the second pic.
As for Batiste, while cozying up to his wife in the shot, he wore a surgical mask along with wired headphones in his ears.
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Along with having the “It Never Went Away” singer by her side, Jaouad also has supporters from far and wide sending their love and well-wishes as she battles leukemia for the third time.
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Indeed, the 38-year-old and her husband were met with hundreds of heartfelt messages from fans and celebrity friends alike in the comment section of their post.
“My heart is wright there with you both,” Sofia Carson wrote, while Sharon Stone commented, “Sending big hugs.”
Meanwhile, Maria Shriver called the post “so beautiful,” adding that she was “sending love and strength.”
The sweet update comes nearly a month after Jaouad shared she was undergoing a third bone marrow transplant.
“To put it as plainly as I can, the treatments that have been keeping the leukemia at bay are no longer doing the trick,” the Book of Alchemy author wrote in a Sept. 28 Instagram post. "I've known another bone marrow transplant might be in my future. I was hoping the future was in less of a hurry.”
Jaouad—who was first diagnosed with cancer in 2010, before it returned in December 2021 and again in summer of 2024—noted that although she was “scared” about her procedure, she has a “great deal of hope” and an incredible support system, including Batiste.
“I have brilliant doctors I trust with my life,” she wrote. “I have Jon, and my family, and the kind of friends who show up carrying games and flowers and inappropriate jokes. I have four dogs, two peacocks, and fourteen chickens.”
For a closer look at Jaouad and Batiste’s love story, keep reading…
October 2014
After meeting at band camp when they were 13 and 12, then reconnecting as students at Juilliard,Jon BatisteandSuleika Jaouadwere friends for years before they started dating in 2014.They got serious fast—"We have known that we wanted to get married, I think, from the first week that we started dating," Jaouad toldCBS Newsin 2022—so there were no qualms about hitting the red carpet early on, here attending the Angel Ball at Cipriani Wall Street in NYC.September 2017
Date night at the Emmys, where theLate Show With Stephen Colbertwas a perennial nominee for best variety series, not least due the charismatic bandleader in residence from 2015 until 2017.December 2022
The first couple of jazz and searing memoir made the scene at a White House state dinner hosted by the Bidens in honor of the president and first lady of France.December 2023
The couple were in perfect harmony at the premiere of their documentaryAmerican Symphony, the end result after cameras following Batiste ended up documenting Jaouad's second bout with cancer.February 2025
TheAmerican Symphonystars accepted their Grammys for Best Music Film and Song Written For Visual Media from home, Jaouadwriting, " Wecouldn’t make it to the ceremony but we’re beaming love from our couch to yours, and sending gratitude to all who made this film possible."February 2025
Though Jaouad learned over Super Bowl weekend that she's a "diehard Eagles fan," the couple repped their home team in custom gear.March 2026
The couple that flies together should really hydrate together.March 2026
"Where’s our Oscar for acting like we’re not introverts," Jaouad quipped on Instagram after the couple shined in silky finery at theVanity FairOscar party.Later that night...
Enter the introverts, who unwound with a couple of new friends after the party, Jaouadsharingthat it was the second year in a row they took in foster pups on Oscar night.April 2026
Leather for springiskind of groundbreaking.May 2026
Love was in the air at the Met Gala as the relentlessly stylish couple dressed the part for the Costume Art theme.June 2026
"A historic New York night,"indeed, as the pair caught the Knicks' historic comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.August 2026
Jaouad and Batiste shared a carousel of snaps from some idyllic-looking downtime.
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