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.