[2] In April 2000, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala appointed him to President Bill Clinton’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

[2] During this time, he worked alongside his father, Jack C. Jackson Sr., who served in the Arizona State Legislature from 1985 to 2004.

[10] That year, Jackson also began his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 1st congressional district, a seat held by the Republican Rick Renzi.

[14] In 2010, Jackson Jr. ran for the Arizona Senate in the Legislative District 2 and won the August Democratic primary, defeating three other candidates.

[18] Subsequently, he was re-elected to represent the newly drawn Arizona Legislative District 7, which, in 2011, incorporated all of the state's northern tribes: Hualapai, Havasupai, Kaibab Paiute, Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni Pueblo, as well as the White Mountain and San Carlos Apache reservations.

[2] The Obama Administration appointed Jackson to serve again on the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, holding this position from February 2010 to September 2013.

[7] On October 11, 2008, in Del Mar, California, before the passage of Proposition 8, Jackson was married to db Bailey in a sunset ceremony.