Speaking to the Philippine Star Supreme, he says, "To be compared with Piolo and Sam is really flattering especially when I was just starting, but I want now to be known as myself, as Joem Bascon, to finally have my own identity.
"[2] Bascon is into weightlifting, boxing and kettle bell training.
After graduating from high school in 2003, he attended the University of Santo Tomas to study Electrical Engineering.
Meryll Soriano and Bascon became partners in 2008, separated but reunited in 2019.
On January 1, 2021, Bascon and Soriano's Baby Gido was born on New Year's Eve 2020 and was Baptized in December 2021.