Jones was born and brought up in Greenville Street in the Bloomfield area of east Belfast, attending Elmgrove Primary School.

[1] As a teenager, Jones was a member of the band the Monarchs which included his boyhood friend, Van Morrison.

[3] Jones moved to comedy cabaret by forming the well-known band Clubsound.

In June 2006, after twenty-one years of presenting Just Jones, he was dropped from the line-up on BBC Radio Ulster.

In April 2010 Jones took a place on the Irish Comedy Tour Give My Head Peace.