In 2010, President Barack Obama named Jon Bon Jovi to the White House Council for Community Solutions. He campaigned for Al Gore in the 2000 Presidential election, John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election, and Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election. As a child, John attended St. Joseph High School, in Metuchen, New Jersey, during his freshman and sophomore years. As a result, his academic records displayed poor grades. Bon Jovi recorded a song, Runaway, one of a few songs John wrote during his bus travels from Sayreville to The Power Station. He spoke directly to the promotion director John Lassman, who accepted the song “Runaway” for inclusion on the station’s compilation album of local homegrown talent.
