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<a href="/biography/van-jones">Van  Jones</a> was born on September 20, 1968 in Jackson, Tennessee, in a middle-class family. He is American national and ethnically black.  He has a twin sister, Angela. Their mother, Loretta Jean was a high school teacher, and their father, Willie Anthony Jones, was a principal at a middle school. His grandfather was a leader in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

In the year 1986, he completed his graduation from an institution called Jackson Central-Merry High School. Jones received his B.S. in communication and political science from the University of Tennessee at Martin. During this period, Jones also worked as an intern at the Jackson Sun (Tennessee), the Shreveport Times (Louisiana), and the Associated Press (Nashville bureau). Deciding against journalism, eventually, he moved to Connecticut and joined Yale Law School from 1990 to 1993. He has been a part of various activism programs such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King">Rodney King</a> verdict and Bay Area PoliceWatch. He was involved in another huge seminar or programs to relate all the racism issues and he named it as Colors of Change.

By profession, Jones is an American activist, commentator, author, civil rights advocate and non-practicing attorney. After graduating from UT Martin, he began working as an intern in various newspapers like the Jackson Sun in Tennessee, the Shreveport Times in Louisiana and the Associated Press in Nashville bureau. From June 2011 to 2014, he was a president in an American center left political organization rebuild the Dream. Similarly, he was a host of the show Crossfire in CNN from June 2013 and 2014. He was also a former president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">Obama</a> Administrator advisor. At present, he is a commentator in CNN since November 2012 and the president of The Dream Corps which is a social enterprise and incubator for powerful ideas and innovations designed to uplift and empower the most vulnerable in our society.

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Jones and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rucker">James Rucker</a> co-founded a Web-based grassroots organization to address Black issues, called Color of Change. Jones amicably parted ways with Color of Change within two years after founding the group.

By 2005, Jones had begun promoting eco-capitalism and environmental justice. The Green-Collar Jobs Campaign was Jones' first effort to combine his goals of improving racial and economic equality with mitigating environmental damage. He worked to establish the nation's first "Green Jobs Corps" in Oakland. In September 2007, Jones attended the Clinton Global Initiative and announced his plans to launch Green for All, a new national NGO dedicated to creating green pathways out of poverty in America.

In 2009, Jones worked as the green jobs advisor to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama</a>. In this role, Jones helped to lead the inter-agency process that oversaw the multi-billion dollar investment in skills training and jobs development within the environmental and green energy sectors. Jones resigned on September 5, 2009, saying he had been the subject of a "vicious smear campaign" by "opponents of reform. 
In 2010 Jones received appointments at Princeton University, as a distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

He started his professional career in television. His civil service activities helped him a lot to progress in his career. He was part of a seminar on racism; his efforts and input were highly appreciated. His Colors of Change workshop cemented his way into the showbiz profession. CNN noticed his work on the eradication of Ebola virus; they offered him a contract to host their show Cross Fire. Cross Fire was the breakthrough he got and then he never stopped.

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He progressed in his professional career with each passing day. He has hosted many Television shows and has made numerous guest appearances. His unique accent and way of delivering have given him an edge over his competitors.

His life has been straight and without any show business drama.  He came into the spotlight because of his hard work, and dedication to the field. He has also involved and supported the channel CNN and in return, he got the chance to appear in the new CNN series called Crossfire. This TV series also helped him to build his career graph and become more popular.

Jones has been honored with numerous awards and spotlighted on several lists of high achievers, including: the World Economic Forum’s “Young Global Leader” designation; Rolling Stone’s 2012 “12 Leaders Who Get Things Done”; TIME’s 2009 “100 Most Influential People in The World”; and the Root's 2014 "The Root 100." In 2017, Van Jones signed a management deal with Roc Nation, becoming the first political commentator & activist in their family. Jones is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, The Green Collar Economy (2008) and Rebuild the Dream (2012).

The second book chronicles his journey as an environmental and human rights activist to becoming a White House policy advisor. 
Moving towards Van Jones personal relationship, he got married with Jana Carter many years back. Their marriage relationship is still going strong. Currently, the couple has two children. The elder one is named as Cabral Jones and is of 12 years old and the younger one is Mattai Jones, who is of 8 years old. Van Jones wife is the director of the Search for Common Ground’s USA Racial Healing Program. The amazing couplet is very protective about their personal life so not much information is shared in the media. Being a secretive person, they love to keep their profile low. Jones lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife & two children.

At present his net worth is estimated at 1.1 million dollars and is considered of sound financial stature for anyone in the field. He is very popular and very much engaged in social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. He has a huge number of fan followers on Twitter and the number have been rising each and every day.

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