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Giovani "Gio" Benitez (born October 29, 1985) is an American broadcast journalist and correspondent for ABC News, who appears on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, 20/20, and Nightline. He also hosts the Fusion collaboration version of Nightline.He has won three television news Emmy awards. On April 9, 2020 Gio Benitez was promoted to Transportation Correspondent, operating from New York and DC.
Early life
Benitez was born in Miami to a family who immigrated to the United States from Cuba. He graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in 2004. In 2008, Benitez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Florida International University. He is natively bilingual, speaking fluently in both English and Spanish.
Personal life
Benitez and Tommy DiDario became engaged on September 17, 2015, in Paris. They married in a Miami ceremony on April 16, 2016.DiDario is a fitness trainer and Instagram influencer who has also appeared on television shows, such as that of Rachael Ray.