Early Life and Career
Jacob Alexander Young was born in Hemet, California, He is the youngest child of Rhonda and Michael Young, Sr. and was raised in Loveland, Colorado, and Roy, Washington, moving to San Diego, California at age seventeen with his mother. His parents divorced and his mother remarried to edward vasquez. He has one older brother, Michael, Jr., and two sisters, Tiffany and Charity. In 2002, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital
Young has portrayed the character of JR Chandler on All My Children since October 1, 2003 to September 2011. In 2005, he was again nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Younger Actor, and in 2009 he was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
In September 2011, Young reprised his role as Rick on The Bold and the Beautiful. His first airdate was September 26.
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