While at Princeton, Jones participated in debating and managed the freshman and varsity lacrosse teams.

[1] Following law school, Jones served in the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney's office before serving in the United States Navy during World War II.

[1] In January 1957, Jones joined the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as an associate justice.

[1] Jones had two sons with his first wife, who both attended Princeton and became attorneys.

His first wife died in 1953 and he remarried, to Jane Griffith, who had a son of her own.