Jon Bellion was born and raised in Lake Grove, New York. He comes from an Italian family who came from Naples. With a chance to play Basketball in college, Jon Bellion chose music over Basketball. After high school, he enrolled in the music program at the private Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York. At 19 years old, he dropped to drop out of college and start writing professionally. He worked under songwriter and Warner Brothers A&R executive Kara DioGuardi for a year. With Kara, he learned how to write songs for different artists.