Personal Life
Simmons married Valerie Vaughn in 1983. They had three children: Vanessa Simmons, Angela Simmons, and Joseph "Jojo" Simmons Jr.
He married Justine Jones on June 25, 1994. With her, he had three more children: Daniel "Diggy" Simmons III, Russell "Russy" Simmons II, and Victoria Anne Simmons. Victoria was four pounds, five ounces when she was delivered via caesarean section. She died shortly after being born on September 26, 2006, due to omphalocele, a birth defect that caused her organs to grow outside her body. The Simmons allowed MTV camera crews of Run's House to document baby Victoria's death, telling PEOPLE that "God, in my mind, gave us something to go through in front of America, so we documented it on-camera – not so much to show you sadness, but to show you how we, as ministers, would handle this tragedy. found out on-camera. Diggy was waiting to see, 'How's Mommy?' And the first words we said were, 'The baby didn't make it.'" Soon they adopted a baby girl, Miley Justine Simmons.
The Simmons family lives in Saddle River, New Jersey, USA.
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