[1] Jones was born on 7 December 1937 at Fankyeneko in the Eastern region to Nana Sir Ofori Atta I; the Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa between 1912 and 1943.
[2] He joined the faculty of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg as an assistant professor in Economics from 1965 to 1966.
[4][2] He returned to the University of Ghana after the fall of the second republic and went on to become the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
He contested the seat with Edward R. Dampare of the National Alliance of Liberals and Prince Condua of the United Nationalist Party.
[6] He held this appointment until 1972 when the Busia government was overthrown by the National Redemption Council.