Hailing from Tulare, CA, Josiah entered Hillsdale for the first time in 2012 as an undergraduate studying politics. Prior to coming to Hillsdale, he served as a congressional page for Devin Nunes in the fall of 2010. After graduating from Hillsdale in 2016, he served for four years as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps, deploying to Okinawa for seven months starting in April of 2019.