It seems people want to know: How old is Vanna White? Old enough to know that John Donaldson, her beau of more than a decade, was the man she wanted to marry. <\/p>\n
The two have tied the knot in a surprise ceremony, the \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d co-host wrote on Instagram. <\/p>\n
\u201cSurprise! We got married!\u201d White, 68, said in a Wednesday post<\/a>. \u201cJohn and I have been in love for more than a decade and a little while back, we wanted to make it official in a private ceremony. We\u2019re excited to share this new joyful chapter in our lives with all of you!\u201d<\/p>\n The message came with a photo of Donaldson carrying his bride under an arched walkway, plus a few pics from along their happy courtship. <\/p>\n She\u2019s known he was her forever guy for a while, it seems. <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been together 12 years, and I feel like we are married,\u201d White told People<\/a> in 2023. \u201cDo we have to get married? No, because we feel comfortable in our relationship. You know what I mean? I know that he\u2019s the one. He knows I\u2019m the one.\u201d<\/p>\n Calling Donaldson \u201cthe male version\u201d of her, she added, \u201cWe get along so well. He\u2019s easy. He\u2019s easy, and he lets me be me, and I let him be him.\u201d<\/p>\n The two met in 2012 when a friend invited him to a barbecue she was attending, People reported. They wound up talking all night. <\/p>\n White has been turning letters on \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d since 1982, when she was 25<\/a>. When co-host Pat Sajak retired in 2024 after more than four decades on the show, Ryan Seacrest took over co-hosting duties, despite some fans hoping White would get the job.<\/p>\n She was previously married to George Santo Pietro from 1990 to 2002. The two share son Nicholas \u201cNikko\u201d Santo Pietro, 31, a real estate agent; and daughter Giovanna \u201cGigi\u201d Santo Pietro, 28, a tattoo artist.<\/p>\n Donaldson, 60, was born in Santa Monica and came up through the construction ranks as a carpenter. Building on experience gained after the Northridge earthquake, he ultimately started his own company, JDC Construction and Development Group, according to its website<\/a>. The company specializes in restoration and rehab of older multifamily buildings as well as building multifamily projects from the ground up. <\/p>\n