After returning to the United States, Jones worked in a variety of jobs, including as a bartender, bar owner, bouncer, gravedigger, and radio talk show host on WQBE-FM.
[2] Jones was then elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, serving a single two-year term.
[10] Jones has cited, as major accomplishments in office, the Appalachian Power Park, renovations to the Charleston Civic Center, and the a half-cent sales tax to fund the pension debt for Charleston's police and firefighters.
[1] Jones was mayor during the 2014 Elk River chemical spill, which had a major effect on Charleston.
Jones said: "I can't believe there is not a law against what they did, ... [The leaders of Freedom Industries are] a bunch of renegades who have done irreparable harm to this valley ... Quite frankly, somebody needs to go to jail.
[1][14] Jones said that he could not support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and also cited the party's drift to the right.
[1][14] Jones specially cited "the obsession of the West Virginia House of Delegates' leadership with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.