Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US black) a deceitful, arrogant or pretentious person.

1967		A. Baraka Tales (1969) 14: Who told you to try to steal it, jive ass.
1971–2		C. Shafer ‘Catheads [...] and Cho-Cho Sticks’ in Abernethy Bounty of Texas (1990) 208: jive ass, n. – someone always talking trash or nonsense.
1973		E. Bunker No Beast So Fierce 219: Aaron asked where Willy had gone. ‘To buy some dope, the jive ass is undependable.’.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 43: Names like jive ass, jive nigger [...] refer to the talker who bounces the conversational ball off the wall [...] or who demonstrates ignorance about the subject being discussed.
1985		T.R. Houser Central Sl. 31: jive ass An asshole [...] ‘Get that jive ass mother fucker out of here ’fore I body slam his jive ass!’.
1990		M. McAlary Crack War (1991) 217: ‘Jive ass,’ Pappy muttered.
2000		F.X. Toole Rope Burns 230: Jive-ass, ain’t no cabs cruisin these parts, you think I a fool?