Jeremy Bean

Jeremiah Cameron "Jeremy" Bean, Jr. is an American gunsmith and professional driver who serves as a weapons and vehicle specialist for the Contra Defense Force. With no Jumper experience beforehand, he was recruited to join after successfully assisting Brandon Rizer with a mission he was assigned. He's been a major member of the team since and later becomes the vessel for Zhordius.

Early Life
Jeremiah Bean, Jr. was born to veteran parents, Jeremiah Sr. and Lisa Bean (neé Chavez), in Scottsdale, Arizona. At 18 months old, his father disappeared on what he was informed later to be a military assignment, but when he didn't return at the expected date, his mother left to find him. Beforehand, Lisa left Jeremy Jr. in the care of her sister, Rita, the only family she had in contact with who was living in Southern California, and promised she would return for him. While living with his Aunt Rita, Jeremy suffered from neglect as a child as Rita wasn't married nor had any children of her own, living on welfare and using much of that money on cigarettes and beer, leaving a young Jeremy to fend for himself.

After several months to years of neglect and his parents still not returning, the state ceased Jeremy from Rita and placed him in a foster home in San Diego, due to his parents being presumed dead upon their failure to return. During his time in foster care, he's been moved from family to family with the assistance of his social worker, Vanessa Reid. Jeremy often got into trouble alongside his friends he made at the foster home, notably Skyler. These antics would wind him back in the foster home after a family attempted to adopt him. On one occasion, Skyler and Jeremy snuck out of the foster home at night with Skyler's older brother to go skateboarding, which sparked Jeremy's interest in extreme sports. In addition, Jeremy got hands on with working on cars and model firearms through Skyler's brother and had several successful outings sneaking out of the foster home for recreational activities he wouldn't experience otherwise.

The foster home eventually caught on and separated the two boys following an incident where Skyler's brother was arrested. It was also around this time that a new family was interested in bringing Jeremy into their home. He was adopted by the Montoyas, a Mexican family who already had a son around Jeremy's age, Arturo. They became quick friends once Jeremy realized that Arturo had similar interests to him and bonded over them. He started to straighten out his act and mature more his new family encouraged him in more wholesome, productive efforts. The patriarch of the Montoya family, Cesar, owned a used car lot, allowing Jeremy to get more hands on experience with working with cars and other manner of vehicles, learning how to drive by age 14. He learned to speak Spanish from them as well. As Jeremy matured through teenhood, he got involved with the local extreme sports scene and participated in skateboarding competitions, surfing parties, and BMX outings. At age 17, he traveled with Arturo to Los Angeles to participate in the X-Games.

The Montoyas past caught up with them as Cesar was abducted by a Mexican drug cartel while visiting over the border outside of Tijuana, Mexico. In response, Jeremy and Arturo attempted a rescue operation, but were stopped promptly by the police who investigated the situation. He learned that Cesar was once a member of the drug cartel before going straight, tipping the police of their activities and fled to America in order to start a new life with his now widow, Esparanza. Jeremy was devastated to learn this as well as the discovery of Cesar's body in a ditch with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Jeremy grew the resolve to prevent anything like this from happening again, or to let fate take more family away from him. At age 18, he join the US Army and set out for boot camp following his high school graduation.