JOEY JONES
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
2026 MILITARY NIGHT
Combat-wounded Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Johnny "Joey" Jones is a FOX News Media contributor and co-host of The Big Weekend Show on FOX News Channel. He is also a frequent fill-in host for several hit FNC shows including the FOX and Friends franchise and The Five. Jones is the New York Times #1 best-selling author of Behind The Badge (2025) as well as his first - book
Unbroken Bonds of Battle (2023). He is the host of several FOX Nation shows streaming on the FOX Nation app.
Known to his friends as 'Triple J,' Jones was raised in Dalton, Georgia and enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school. During his eight years of service, Jones worked as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (bomb) Technician, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan on separate tours. During his last deployment to Afghanistan, Jones’ team rendered safe and destroyed nearly 80 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along with thousands of pounds of other unknown bulk explosives. In August 2010 Jones was struck by an IED. He suffered several life threatening injuries including the loss of both legs above the knee.
In 2011, Jones founded a peer visit program at Walter Reed. While still inpatient during his recovery, he began taking college classes on campus at the hospital. After regaining full physical independence in July 2011, Jones enrolled at Georgetown University and graduated in May 2014. During this time Jones worked with the USMC Office of Legislative Affairs to create a year-long fellowship with the House Veterans Affairs Committee for a combat-wounded Marine recovering in the DC metro Area. Jones was the first to hold this fellowship from July 2011 to June 2012.
After losing his childhood best friend to PTSD-related suicide in 2012, Jones decided to make veterans’ issues a key part of his professional work. Throughout his post-service career, he has carefully fostered relationships with key players in politics and media to keep those issues at the forefront of discussion. He has shared his experiences and insights on the challenges facing active duty and retired service members with multiple presidents and senior military leaders. Jones still enjoys a close personal and working relationship with current Cabinet officials and members of Congress.
After leaving the DC area in 2014, Jones moved near Austin, TX, to help lead the national military nonprofit Boot Campaign, where he brought veteran and military advocacy to life by partnering with mainstream celebrities and brands to show their support for men and women in uniform. Jones also continued his political advocacy as well as remaining a frequent unpaid guest on FOX News Channel until he signed his first contributor agreement with FNM in July 2019. His role at FOX has grown substantially since then, his success is often attributed to his straightforward opinions and consistent representation of who he is and where he is from.
Prior to joining FOX News, Jones helped design and pilot a Warrior Week military transition program as the senior advisor to military programming at Zac Brown’s Camp Southern Ground.
Jones currently serves on the Board of Directors for the national nonprofit Boot Campaign, which serves the health and wellness of the veteran community through a pipeline of treatment!