Editing James L. Jones (section)

==Personal life==
Former Secretary of Defense [[William Cohen]], who hired Jones as his military assistant, said that Jones has a placid demeanor and a "methodical approach to problems—he's able to view issues at both the strategic and tactical level".<ref name=newsweek-29Nov08>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/171269|title=The General's Marching Orders|work=[[Newsweek]]|last=Barry|first=John|author2=Ephron, Dan|author3=Wolffe, Richard|date=December 8, 2008|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202104258/http://www.newsweek.com/id/171269|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jones was also responsible for convincing country music artist [[Toby Keith]] that he should record and publish his popular concert hit "[[Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=How do you like him now? Toby Keith blasts Peter Jennings and the Dixie Chicks, talks about the pleasures of burping and defends his hit song 'The Angry American'|date=September 6, 2002|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref>

Jones is married. He and his wife Diane are the parents of three sons and one daughter.<ref name=EF-interview>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Meet+the+Joneses%3a+the+Corps%27+first+family+discuss+their+lives%2c+the...-a089807733 "Meet the Joneses: the Corps' first family discuss their lives, the impact of having a child with special needs, and their Marines. (Cover Story).."] (July 1, 2002). ''The Exceptional Parent''.  EP Global Communications, Inc. via The Free Library. Retrieved May 19, 2025.</ref>