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A pop singer with a soulful sound and an individualistic spirit, Jax first rose to fame in 2015, when she was a contestant on the musical talent competition American Idol. Jax was born Jaclyn Cole Miskanic in Atlantic Beach, New York on May 5, 1996. Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was a firefighter; after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Jax's dad worked at the recovery site, where he sustained lung injuries. In 2005, the Miskanic family moved to East Brunswick, New Jersey, and Jax became involved in school theater, where she lea...