Golden was born as the youngest of six children to Patricia and Ron Golden, a
police officer, and raised in
Camden, New Jersey. Golden was introduced to gymnastics at four years old as an outlet for his energy after he fell in love with the sport after watching it on television. He quickly advanced within gymnastics, eventually being coached by Macey Watson. He later attended
Camden County College, but dropped out of the latter to focus on gymnastics training and joined his former coach Watson in
Florida. ==Gymnastics career==