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Adam Chandler Jr.
Amc-JR Chandler recast
Ryan Bittle as JR Chandler
Online Reboot of AMC
All My Children
Portrayed by Charlotte and Margaret Baughman (05/1989-07/1992; recurring)
Kevin Alexander (8/1992-6/1996, recurring)
Jesse McCartney (07/1998-08/2001)

Jonathan Bennett (11/2001-09/2002)
Andrew Ridings (10/2002-02/2003; recurring)
Jacob Young (10/2003-9/2011)
Ryan Bittle (5/2013-present)

Current status Contract
Duration 1989-2003, 2003-2011, 2013)
First appearance May 1989 (on ABC's AMC)
May 2, 2013 (on PP's AMC)
Last appearance September 23, 2011 (on ABC's AMC)
Cause/reason Network finale, though returned for reboot
Profile
Family Chandler family
Nickname(s) JR
Namesake(s) Adam Chandler
Adam Chandler, III
Gender Male
Born July 3 1983
Age (25) 11-13-08
Residence Pine Valley Hospital
ImagesCASEONXT
Jacob Young as JR Chandler (pre-2011)
Relationships
Parents Adam Chandler (father)
Dixie Cooney (mother)
Siblings Antoinette "Skye" Chandler-Quartermaine (paternal adoptive half-sister)

Hayley Vaughan Santos (paternal half-sister)
Anna Claire Chandler (paternal half-sister, deceased)
Colby Chandler (paternal half-sister)
Kathleen "Kathy" Martin (maternal half-sister)
Emma Lavery (step-sister)

Spouses Babe Carey (divorced 3 times; 2003,2004-05,2006-07)
Marissa Tasker (divorced, 2009-2011, deceased afterwards)
Romances Amanda Dillon (one night stand, dated twice)
Kendall Slater (affair/lover)
Babe Carey (one night stand, married 3 times)
Annie Lavery (affair/lover)
Laurie Lewis (dated)
Cara Castillo (dated; 2013)
Children AJ Chandler (son with Babe Carey)
Grandparents Bess Cooney (maternal grandmother, deceased)
Paul Hunkle (maternal grandfather)
Aunts and uncles Stuart Chandler (paternal uncle, deceased)
Palmer Cortlandt (maternal great-uncle, via Dixie's mother Bess)
Charlotte "Lottie" Chandler (paternal aunt, deceased)
William "Will" Cortlandt (maternal uncle, deceased)
Melanie "Lainie" Cortlandt (maternal aunt)
Delbert "Del" Henry (maternal uncle)
Diana "Di" Henry (maternal aunt, deceased)
Nieces and nephews Lila Alcazar (adopted niece, via Skye-now on GH)
Lorenzo "Enzo" Santos (nephew via Hayley)
First cousins Pete Cortlandt (first cousin, once-removed, due to Dixie and Pete being pure first cousins) Ross Chandler (paternal cousin)
Julie Rand Chandler (paternal adopted first cousin once removed)

Adam "J.R." Chandler Jr. is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and currently on Prospect Park's AMC reboot. He was portrayed by Jacob Young, who has played the role since October 2003 to September 23, 2011. Ryan Bittle is currently protraying J.R. since May 2013.

Storylines

1989-2011

He was first seen in May 1989. In 2003, JR Chandler is affected by the SORAS disorder and aged by the casting Jacob Young. He has been involved with Amanda Dillon, Kendall Hart Slater, Annie Lavery, and mainly linked to Babe Carey and recently Marissa Tasker. JR and Babe Carey produce AJ Chandler in 2004 and is involved in a three-way baby switch storyline. Miranda Montgomery's daughter Miranda Montgomery is switch to Babe and JR, while Babe/JR's child is given to Kelly Cramer (of OLTL). Kelly's recent pregnancy ends in a stillbirth and given to Bianca. Eventually the truth is revealed and Miranda goes back to Bianca, while AJ is returned to Babe/JR, and finally Kelly Cramer deals with the death and the situation. Babe Carey dies from injuries of a tornado and eventually JR gets involved with Babe's twin sister and AJ's aunt Marissa Tasker. In late 2011, Marissa dumps JR for Bianca Montgomery. JR is devastated and becomes drunk. Brooke and Adam hold a party and JR arrives and a shot is hear.

2013-

He is the mystery man in the hospital bed as revealed on 5-2-13. David reveals that he seen JR fire a shot and stopped JR from wreaking more havoc by shooting JR couple times. He states that he pled guily for his involvement in the Shooting 5 Years Ago (ABC Finale). David starts to take JR off of life support, but decides that life on life support is a bigger punishment than death. JR starts moving his fingers and David starts choking him. David is forced to stop because of Dixie coming in. Jesse Hubbard wants to arrest David, but Angie continues to be on "the town has been through enough" kick. He is also seen in flashbacks. He starts opening his eyes and saying Mom (to Dixie) and Dad (to Adam), but both have left before he says it.

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