Jesse was one of the “New Faces” at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal in 2010, he won the 2008 Rocky Mountain Laugh Off and was featured on Last Comic Standing in 2008. After moving from Nashville to Seattle for a while, he landed in Los Angeles. In 2015, he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer and moved home to Nashville to receive treatment. His podcast, Jesse vs. Cancer has been featured as a top pick in the iTunes store and has been praised by many as hilarious, heart-felt and inspirational.