[1] Bardella was predominantly raised by his single mother, a kindergarten assistant, Luisa Bertelli-Mota, born in 1962 in Turin of Italian origin.

[2][3][4] His father Olivier Bardella (born 1968 in Montreuil in Seine-Saint-Denis[5] of Italian and Franco-Algerian origin[6][7]) is a small-medium business owner specializing in beverage vending machines.

"[16][17][18] Bardella claims that, "like many families who live in the neighbourhood", he was "confronted with violence at an early age" and saw how his "mum had difficulty making ends meet".

[20] Bardella received a high school diploma with distinction in economics and social sciences at the semi-private Catholic lycée Jean-Baptiste-de-La-Salle.

[35][36] After the FN's defeat in the 2017 presidential election and the resignation of vice-president Florian Philippot, Bardella was appointed party spokesman alongside Sébastien Chenu and Julien Sanchez.

At age 23, Bardella was designated as the first candidate on the National Rally list (as the FN was renamed in 2018) for the 2019 European Parliament election in France.

[42][43] Nevertheless, the RN finished the election in first place with 23 seats and 23.3% of the popular vote, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche!

"[51] Bardella became acting president of the National Rally after Le Pen resigned to run in the 2022 French presidential election.

[63] Bardella has expressed personal opposition to same-sex marriage on the grounds that it will open the door to surrogacy or medically assisted reproduction.

He has also said he will not campaign to abolish same-sex marriage as leader of the National Rally, arguing that debate on the matter is over and that France faces more pressing issues.

[65] Bardella also advocates "cutting social services for people who illegally arrived in France" and legalizing cannabis for medical purposes.

[66][67] According to Le Monde, Bardella can "boast of having woven closer ties" with former Italian Minister for Internal Affairs Matteo Salvini, whom he views as a role model.

[70] In 2021, he posted statements of support for Génération Identitaire, a far-right organization the French government had dissolved for inciting racial hatred and violence, on Facebook.

[76] After Ali Rabeh, a Muslim, was re-elected as mayor of Trappes in 2021, Bardella described the city as an "Islamic republic" on the radio station Europe 1.

He then announced on 2 February 2022, that he was indicted for this statement, saying "I am disappointed that the French justice system pursues the same goal today as the Islamists, to silence those who denounce real issues and those who oppose the transformation of countless neighbourhoods in France.

He was therefore reframed by Sabine Verheyen, who did not allow him to finish his request, which was clearly poorly prepared[82][83] Media related to Jordan Bardella at Wikimedia Commons