Via Jason Beck for Mayor Website
By Taylor Seely | Arizona Republic
Jason Beck describes himself as a Christian conservative, but long before entering the Peoria mayoral race, he characterized himself as a calloused kid who liked to fight.
He grew up in Missouri with a mom he said was abusive, an absent father and in and out of foster care — a combination that “hardened” him, he said on the Arizona Originals podcast.
Beck tried college, but said it wasn’t for him. He told The Arizona Republic he wasn’t a good student and he wanted to earn money, not accrue debt.
“I knew that that was my way out of poverty,” he said.
He joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1992, but didn’t see it as a career path. After three years, Beck said he took an option to cut his contract short.
