Hugh Trevor Jones was born on 12 November 1966 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales in the United Kingdom.

Jones spent his first eleven years of life in Wales, where he attended St Georges School in Llandudno from 1970 to 1974, and again briefly 1977.

Jones would later become the Labor party's candidate for the electoral district of Darling Range for the 2021 Western Australian state election.

Darling Range had been held by Alyssa Hayden from the Liberal party since 2018, who had won it in a by-election after the resignation of Barry Urban.

[6][7] On 13 March 2021 during the state election, Jones won Darling Range with a swing of 15.4% from the results of the 2018 by-election.