Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bolden akaberekerwa muMelbourne nababa vokuAmerica Bruce Bolden uye amai vokuEgypt Marie Yacoub. Baba vake vakatamba basketball yehunyanzvi, kusanganisira makore gumi nemanomwe muNational Basketball League muAustralia. Jonah akakurira muSydney uye akatanga kutamba basketball yeBankstown Bruins pazera remakore mashanu. Paaive achiri kuyaruka, akapinda Homebush Boys High School uye akatanga kusarudzwa kuti amiririre nyika yake yekumusha yeNew South Wales pa2013 Basketball Australia Under 18 National Championships. Bolden akatungamira chikwata chenyika cheNSW Metro kuenda kumakwikwi ekupedzisira emunyika nekuenzanisa 18 ppg uye 13 rpg mumakwikwi ese uye kuita kwake kwakatanhamara mumakwikwi emunyika kwakamuona achisarudzwa semutambi mudiki kwazvo kumiririra Australia ku
2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2013, akatamira kuUnited States kunotamba semukuru paFindlay College Prep, chikoro chepachivande chekugadzirira muHenderson, Nevada, padyo neLas Vegas. Zvisinei, kukodzera kwake chikoro chesekondari kwakapera pashure pesemester yake yokutanga uye akachinjirwa pakati pemwaka kuBrewster Academy muNew Hampshire.