Next, Batiste is set to perform the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl. By his side through it all has been his wife, Suleika Jaouad, who is a New York Times best-selling author, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and a motivational speaker.

As the Grammys 2025 played out at Crypto.com Arena Feb. 2, Jon Batiste—who won two awards at the ceremony—and wife Suleika Jaouad stayed home after sharing that her cancer had returned.

Jon Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad had to skip the 2025 Grammy Awards. On Sunday, Feb. 2, the couple — who tied the knot in February 2022 — shared a joint post to Instagram celebrating their wins for best music film and for song written for visual media for the documentary American Symphony.