Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Bolden a Melbourne ga mahaifin Ba'amurke Bruce Bolden da mahaifiyar Masar Marie Yacoub. Mahaifinsa ya buga wasan kwando na ƙwararru, gami da shekaru 17 a National Basketball League a Ostiraliya. Jonah ya girma a Sydney kuma ya fara buga wasan kwando don Bankstown Bruins yana ɗan shekara biyar. A lokacin da yake saurayi, ya halarci makarantar sakandaren Homebush Boys kuma an fara zabarsa ne don wakiltar jiharsa ta New South Wales a gasar zakarun kwallon kwando ta Australia a karkashin shekara 18 a shekarar 2013. Bolden ya jagoranci kungiyar NSW Metro ta jihar zuwa wasan karshe na kasa ta hanyar samun matsakaicin 18 ppg da 13 rpg a duk faɗin gasar kuma kyakkyawan aikinsa a gasar zakarun ƙasa ya sa aka zaɓe shi a matsayin ƙaramin ɗan wasan da zai wakilci Ostiraliya a 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Ka yi haƙuri. A watan Agusta 2013, ya koma Amurka don yin wasa a matsayin babban jami'i a Findlay College Prep, makarantar shirya masu zaman kansu a Henderson, Nevada, kusa da Las Vegas. Koyaya, cancantarsa ta makarantar sakandare ta ƙare bayan zangon farko kuma ya koma tsakiyar kakar zuwa Brewster Academy a New Hampshire.