Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Bolden i Melbourne ki te papa Amerikana a Bruce Bolden me te whaea Ihipiana a Marie Yacoub. I takaro tana papa i te poitūkohu ngaio, tae atu ki te 17 tau i te National Basketball League i Ahitereiria. I tipu ake a Jonah i Sydney ka tiimata tana takaro poitūkohu mo te Bankstown Bruins i te rima o ona tau. I a ia e taiohi ana, i haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Homebush Boys, a, i tohua tuatahi ia ki te tohu i tana kawanatanga o New South Wales i te 2013 Basketball Australia Under 18 National Championships. I arahi a Bolden i te kapa kawanatanga o NSW Metro ki te whiringa toa a motu ma te toharite 18 ppg me te 13 rpg puta noa i te whakataetae me tana mahinga tino pai i nga whakataetae a motu i kite ia i a ia e tohua ana hei kaitakaro taiohi rawa atu hei tohu mo Ahitereiria i te
Ko te 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. I te marama o Akuhata 2013, i neke ia ki te United States ki te purei hei kaumatua i Findlay College Prep, he kura whakareri motuhake i Henderson, Nevada, tata ki Las Vegas. Heoi, kua mutu tana tohu kura tuarua i muri i tana wahanga tuatahi ka whakawhiti ia i waenga o te tau ki Brewster Academy i New Hampshire.