| Gio Benitez | |
| Birth Name: | Giovani Benitez |
| Birth Date: | October 29, 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Known For: | Television reporter |
| Agent: | United Talent Agency |
| Alma Mater: | Florida International University (BA) |
| Years Active: | 2009–present |
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.[1] On April 9, 2020, he was promoted to Transportation Correspondent, operating from New York and DC.[2]
On September 8, 2020, he hosted a special season finale for the sixteenth season of the ABC program What Would You Do?.[3] [4]
Benitez was born in Miami to a family who immigrated to the United States from Cuba.[5] He graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in 2004; and in 2008, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and sociology from Florida International University. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Benitez is openly gay; he became engaged to his partner Tommy DiDario on September 17, 2015, in Paris.[6] They married in a Miami ceremony on April 16, 2016.[7] DiDario is a fitness trainer and Instagram influencer who has also appeared on television shows, including Rachael Ray.[8]