(August 18, 2000 - present)
In 1993, while still married to Marianne, Gingrich began an affair with House of Representatives staffer Callista Bisek, more than two decades his junior. Gingrich and his second wife were divorced in 2000. The marriage produced no children. On January 19, 2012, Marianne Ginther Gingrich alleged in an interview on ABC's Nightline that she had declined to accept Gingrich's suggestion of an open marriage.
Asked about the allegations at the beginning of the televised South Carolina primary debate, Gingrich said the story was false and told moderator John King that making an ex-wife a significant question in a presidential campaign was "close to despicable." Gingrich received a standing ovation for parlaying a personal scandal into an attack on what he perceived as biased media.
In August 2000, Gingrich married Callista Bisek four months after his divorce from Marianne was finalized.[208] He and Callista live in McLean, Virginia. In a 2011 interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Gingrich addressed his past infidelities by saying, "There's no question at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate." In December 2011, after the group Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government requested that he sign their so-called "Marriage Vow", Gingrich sent a lengthy written response. It included his pledge to "uphold personal fidelity to my spouse".