14 Facts About JV Ejercito

JV Ejercito had served as the representative of San Juan from 2010 to 2013 and was the city's mayor from 2001 to 2010.

JV Ejercito is a son of former president Joseph Estrada, and a half-brother of Senator Jinggoy Estrada.

Joseph Victor "JV" G Ejercito was born December 26,1969, in Manila to actors Joseph Ejercito Estrada, the then Mayor-elect of San Juan, and Guia Gomez, who is a businesswoman.

JV Ejercito attended Xavier School for his primary and secondary education and completed his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at De La Salle University.

On February 27,2001, JV Ejercito filed his candidacy to run for mayor of San Juan.

On October 1,2012, JV Ejercito filed his certificate of candidacy for the 2013 Philippine Senate election, where he won as the 11th placer out of 12 winning senators elected.

JV Ejercito chaired the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement and the Health and the Demography Committee in the 17th Congress.

However, JV Ejercito was cleared of the charges because the case was dismissed.

JV Ejercito ran and launched a campaign to secure a second consecutive term in the 2019 Philippine Senate election, his candidacy was endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte.

JV Ejercito sought for a comeback to the Senate in 2022 and won as the 10th placer, earning his second nonconsecutive term.

JV Ejercito is married to Hyacinth "Cindy" Lotuaco with whom he has a son, Julio Jose.

JV Ejercito is an adopted member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of '88, Maringal.

JV Ejercito has a tattoo on his right arm: A red eight-rayed sun with the baybayin character for ka at the center, and the phrase Para sa Bayan and the letter "K" on top of the sun.

JV Ejercito is an avid cyclist, having received attention for biking from his residence in San Juan to the Senate building in Pasay, and for an incident where he fell off his bike after tripping on a pothole along Roxas Boulevard a year prior.