Jon is a castaway from Survivor: San Juan Del Sur and appeared alongside his fianc茅, Jaclyn Schultz. He was originally on the Hunahpu tribe.
As part of the Hunahpu tribe, Jon enjoyed his tribe鈥檚 dominance during the early portion of the game. He struggled with his father鈥檚 ailing health at home and had existential crisises throughout the game, wondering why he agreed to do the game. Early on, Jon lost his tribe鈥檚 flint and confessed to it and the tribe had to trade their reward in order to receive a new flint from Jeff (Natalie eventually found the missing flint). The only time Hunahpu went to Tribal was when Jon鈥檚 closest ally, Drew, threw the challenge. Drew was adamant about voting out Kelley, but the men voted all over the place, Jon joining Jeremy in voting for Keith, resulting in Drew鈥檚 blindside. With Drew gone, Jon tried to do damage control and fix his place in the tribe. But during a tribe swap, he ended up on the new Coyopa tribe alongside Jaclyn. With plenty of rice and Jaclyn there, Jon was happy for the first time in the game. But Coyopa lost the remaining immunity challenges and Jon and Jaclyn found themselves as the swing votes. Ultimately, Jon sided with Missy and Baylor over Kelley and Dale, and the two were voted out back to back.
On Day 16, he and Jaclyn made the merge, becoming the only male/female team out of both BvW seasons to make the merge fully intact. Again, J&J became the swing votes, this time between Jeremy and Josh鈥檚 alliances. Initially, they sided with Josh鈥檚 group to vote out Jeremy. When he was sent to Exile Island, Jon managed to find the Hidden Immunity Idol. After Julie quit the game, Jaclyn began to notice that the men treated her disrespectfully, so she pleaded Jon to vote with her and take out one of their own. Together, they swung the votes and sent Josh home in a 6-5 vote. Jon grew paranoid about Jeremy and wanted him gone. After showing her his Idol, he convinced Missy and Baylor to join J&J in taking out Jeremy, angering Natalie in the process, who wanted revenge on Jon. During a tearful reward challenge, J&J opened up about Jaclyn鈥檚 infertility and how they plan to adopt. Jon鈥檚 alliance wanted to split the vote between the Nale family, but Reed wanted to blindside Jon. Both Keith and Jon played their Idols, however, and Wes went home. Jon returned to Exile and found a second Idol and J&J continued finding themselves as the swing votes, between Reed & Missy鈥檚 alliances, but Jon felt like Reed was a backstabber, and Reed was unanimously sent home. Natalie was still angry at Jon and decided to seek revenge, but when Jon won immunity, Natalie voted out Alec over J&J鈥檚 target Keith. Jaclyn grew worried of Natalie, but Jon told her not to worry. Believing Keith was next to go and Natalie with immunity, Jon did not play his Idol and the votes tied between him, Jaclyn, and Keith. At the revote, Jon went home, becoming the first person voted out on day 35 of Survivor. As a jury member, he voted for Jaclyn.
Originally, Jon and Jaclyn were going to be on The Amazing Race, but were asked to do Survivor instead. The two were engaged on October 22, 2014 and got married on August 16, 2015. Val & Jeremy, Alec & Drew, Josh & Reed, and Nadiya & Natalie were present. Jon was called to be a part of the Survivor: Cambodia voting pool, but he never checked his voice mail, so the producers assumed he wasn鈥檛 interested, so he was passed over. Jon is currently studying to become a dentist.
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Jon is a castaway from Survivor: San Juan Del Sur and appeared alongside his fianc茅, Jaclyn Schultz. He was originally on the Hunahpu tribe.