Born in Olney, Illinois, Roney received an Associate of Arts degree from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1940.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1942.
[1] Roney was nominated by President Richard Nixon on October 7, 1970, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge G. Harrold Carswell.
Roney was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
[1] From 1994 to 2001, Roney served as Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.