She is the eldest daughter of supercouple Frisco Jones and Felicia Cummings, raised most of her life by Mac Scorpio.

In 2011, Storms took an extended medical leave, resulting in the temporary recasting of the character with Jen Lilley.

[2] The character was initially portrayed by child actors Chelsey and Kahley Cuff from 1990 to 1991, Ashley and Jessica Clark from May 22 to November 19, 1992, and Elaine and Melanie Silver from December 24, 1992, to April 22, 1993.

[7] However, within months, it was announced that the network had chosen to have Richards stay after Stewart was negatively received by viewers.

[11] In March 2005, it was announced that the role had been recast with former Days of Our Lives actress Kirsten Storms, known for her five year stint as Belle Black, who made her debut on May 23, 2005.

[12][13] In September 2011, Storms took an extended medical leave for an unspecified amount of time, resulting in the temporary recasting of the character with actress Jen Lilley.

[23] During an interview with Dan J. Kroll of Soap Central Live, Lilley spoke about how she had no idea about her being a recast for Storms or the character of Maxie.

I'm sitting in my dressing room sweating, and I remember thinking, 'I should go up to casting and just tell them to give it to one of the other girls, because I don't know if I can do this.'

[31] In June 2017, it was reported that Storms would be returning to the role as Maxie following her hiatus with the show, airing on July 24, 2017.

Her Godparents are named as Sean Donely (John Reilly) and Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) at her Christening.

's parents, Bobbie (Jacklyn Zeman) and Tony Jones (Brad Maule), agree to take B.J.

During this time, Maxie's sister Georgie is conceived, but their father Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner) leaves town again soon after.

While in the hospital, Maxie meets Jesse Beaudry (Matt Marraccini), who claims to be an undercover cop blamed for a murder he didn't commit.

After Jesse dies in the line of duty, Maxie is devastated, and falls into a dark place, partying all the time.

During the Metro Court hostage crisis, Maxie ends up trapped with one of the gunmen, later revealed to be Cooper Barrett (Jason Gerhardt).

When Maxie suspects Cooper has taken interest in Maxie's enemy Lulu Spencer (Julie Marie Berman), she propositions Cooper's former Army buddy Logan Hayes (Josh Duhon), saying that if he can get Lulu to sleep with him, then she will sleep with Logan.

Maxie refuses to believe this, and teams up with Damian Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) to prove Cooper's innocence.

They are successful in their mission, proving Cooper was killed by Diego Alcazar (Ignacio Serricchio), who also murdered Georgie.

Maxie becomes friends with Spinelli, and starts to slowly fall for him, despite Mac objecting and her own uncertainty.

Maxie eventually gets a pep talk from both Lulu and her mother that makes her realize she loves Spinelli.

Maxie ended up miscarrying as their surrogate, and found Spinelli upset after believing Ellie broke up with him.

The judge grants Spinelli sole custody of Connie, with Maxie being barred from seeing her daughter for six months.

Devastated over losing her daughter, Maxie tries to commit suicide, but she's stopped by Robin, revealed to be alive.

Before leaving with Ellie, Spinelli reveals he's decided to rename their daughter Georgie, in honor of Maxie's sister.

Maxie returns home with her boyfriend, Levi Dunkleman (Zachary Garred), a self-help guru.

Spinelli returned to town with Georgie, and told Maxie he was hoping they could have a second chance after Ellie broke up with him.

She came back, determined to find Ask Man Landers, a blogger who gave advice that inadvertently led to her mother and Mac getting caught for public indecency.

Nathan then found out that his father was international crime lord Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), and decided to try and capture him by drawing him out.

Maxie bonded with Peter August (Wes Ramsey), Lulu's boss, who felt guilty for publishing the article that led to Nathan's death.

In 2023, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows placed Maxie at #29 on his ranked list of General Hospital’s 40+ Greatest Characters of All Time, commenting that "She’s been naughty.