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Jeanette Christina Dousdebes Rubio (born December 5, 1973) is an American former cheerleader, who is married to United States Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Marco Rubio.
- Rubio Coaches His Son’s Football Team. Rubio himself always wanted to play in the NFL, but after a short college football career he realized that wasn’t going to happen.
- He’s Been Married to His Wife for 17 Years & They Are Childhood Sweethearts. He proposed to her at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day in 1997, but the two have known each other since childhood.
- His Father Was a Bartender & His Mother Was a Maid. Rubio’s parents, Mario and Oriales Rubio, were born in Cuba but moved to the U.S. following Fidel Castro’s takeover.
- His Wife Was a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader. In 1997 she joined the Miami Dolphins cheerleading squad while Rubio got to go to the games for free. “I always wanted to be an NFL player and now I’m going to have to tell my kids that the only one of her two parents that ever touched an NFL field was her mom,” he told the Tampa Bay Times.
Rubio (left) and his wife Jeanette after Rubio was sworn in as a U.S. senator by then-Vice President Joe Biden in January 2011. Rubio is Catholic and attends Mass at Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables, Florida. He previously attended Christ Fellowship, a Southern Baptist Church in West Kendall, Florida.
Sep 7, 2013 · Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has been called “a Latino Barack Obama” and “the Republican savior.” But to his wife, Jeanette, he’s more like Tom Hanks.
Apr 14, 2015 · Marco Rubio's wife Jeanette Dousdebes shares a few stories about her husband with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.
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Sep 7, 2013 · Below, she interviews the senator and his wife, Jeanette, at their home in a middle-class neighborhood of West Miami to learn what it’s like juggling four kids (ages 6, 8, 11, and 13), a...
Apr 2, 2014 · Married since 1998, Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, have four children: Amanda, Daniella, Anthony and Dominic. Outside of politics, Rubio is known for his passion for football.
