Vernon Jones is presently a candidate for the U.S. House after formerly standing for Governor of Georgia in the Republican primary against renowned Brian Kemp in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election.
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Vernon Jones Net Worth
Jones has an estimated net worth of $3 Million. His main source of income is his career as a politician. He gets an average annual salary of $235,576.(It may vary).
Vernon Jones Early Life
Jones was born in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, and grew up in rural North Carolina. His father was a veteran of World War II who worked in a mill and his mother and siblings laboured on the family farm. Jones is the fifth child of his parents. He has four brothers and a sister.
Jones went to North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in 1983. Jones also completed the John F. Kennedy School’s Government Executive Program.
Initially, Jones began his career in the telecommunications industry, first working with MCI Communications now MCI Inc. and later BellSouth Corporation. At BellSouth, he was part of a team that inaugurated wireless communications in Montevideo, Uruguay. Jones has served on the DeKalb Board of Health, the Atlanta Regional Commission, the DeKalb Library Board, the DeKalb Pension Board, and the Board of Visitors for Emory University and North Carolina Central University.
His relationship status is single and has not disclosed much about his relationship.
Career
Vernon Angus Jones was born in Laurel Hill, North Carolina on 31 October 31, 1960, is an American Republican politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001 and from 2017 to 2021.
Jones was Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County from 2001 to 2009 during his period in the Georgia House of Representatives. He also unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and DeKalb County Sheriff. Jones began his political career as a Democrat but became a Republican in 2021 after authorizing Donald Trump for re-election and speaking at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
Physical Appearance
He is 61 years old but his weight and height have not been disclosed yet.
Controversies
Jones has always been in the limelight for misbehaving with women. According to his report by Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Jones has a long history of problematic behaviour toward women, repeatedly accused of threatening, intimidating and harassing women in his personal and professional lives” over three decades.
In June 1989, three years before his election to the state legislature, Jones who was then 28 years old then, was imprisoned on a charge of pointing a pistol at a woman in her home in Doraville. His criminal charges were dismissed, and he was ordered to attend anger management classes to get control over his anger.
In 2004, DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer made a complaint to Decatur police that Jones “deliberately walked into her and made hard shoulder-to-shoulder contact” after a fervent public conference; she did not put any charges against Jones, but accused him of verbally and also abused commissioners and staff making “derogatory and degrading comments.”
In 2004, Jones was also charged with the rape of numerous women during a late-night party at her home in December. The police chief of DeKalb informed Jones of the allegation before the detectives could take her statement. A Georgia Attorney General’s Office investigation inferred that the chief’s call was inappropriate. In 2005 the name of the woman was leaked to the media, therefore the woman declined to press charges. Jones was not charged with any case and the allegation did not cause him much substantial political damage.
In 2003, Jones was investigated by a grand jury for his security detail, which cost $800,000 a year. The cost of the detail far exceeded other county officials. It was found in an investigation by a grand jury that Jones’ five-officer protective detail was “a very expensive decoration” but not illegal.
Favourites
Jones’s favourite colour is blue. His favourite food is chicken. Fall is his favourite time of year. His favourite vacation spot is Stone Mountain, Georgia and his favourite quote is ‘Feathers come with the chicken.’
