Although born in Mato Grosso do Sul, he has spent his political career representing Sergipe, having served as state representative since 2015.

[1][2] Jony Marcos was born to João Feliciano Rodrigues de Araújo and Eva de Souza Araújo.

[3] He is a pastor of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

[5] Jony Marcos voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.

[6] He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[7] and voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.