Editing Jerry Jones (section)

==Personal life==
Jones married Eugenia Chambers in 1963, whom he met while both were college undergraduates. They have three children. [[Stephen Jones (American football)|Stephen]] is the Cowboys' chief operating officer, executive vice president, and director of player personnel. [[Charlotte Jones Anderson|Charlotte]] is the Cowboys' executive vice president and chief brand officer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Jones Anderson official Dallas Cowboys bio |url=http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/staff/charlotte-jones-anderson/7cf995a8-86d8-48ba-8fb1-132367c8c51f|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603044622/http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/staff/charlotte-jones-anderson/7cf995a8-86d8-48ba-8fb1-132367c8c51f |archive-date=June 3, 2013 }}</ref> [[Jerry Jones Jr.]] is the Cowboys' chief sales and marketing officer/vice president. Jones splits his time between a home in [[Highland Park, Texas]] and a home in [[Destin, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Savannah |title=Celebs spotted on the Emerald Coast |url=https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/local/2017/06/06/celebs-spotted-on-emerald-coast/20119668007/ |access-date=November 9, 2024 |website=The Northwest Florida Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2017 |title=Buyer of $12 million Highland Park mansion gets Jerry Jones as a neighbor |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/03/10/buyer-of-12-million-highland-park-mansion-gets-jerry-jones-as-a-neighbor/ |access-date=September 7, 2024 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>

Jones revealed in July 2015 at a press conference before Cowboys training camp that he had undergone hip replacement surgery, joking that he would not start the season on the [[Physically unable to perform|PUP list]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboysheadlines/2015/07/29/cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-gets-promise-he-won-t-be-placed-on-pup-list-after-hip-replacement |title=Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gets promise he won't be placed on PUP list after hip replacement |date=July 29, 2015 |website=dallasnews.com |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

{{as of|2024|November|}}, Jones' net worth is reported by ''[[Forbes]]'' to be $16.1 billion,<ref name="ForbesNetWorth" /> the majority of which can be accounted for as being his ownership stake in the Cowboys who are currently valued by the same publication to be [[Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams|the world's most valuable sports team]] at $10.1 billion.<ref name="forbes_dallas-cowboys"/>

In March 2022, Jones was served with legal action by a 25-year-old woman who claimed that he is her biological father. The woman is the daughter of a former airline employee that Jones met in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Natta Jr. |first=Don  |date=March 10, 2022 |title=Woman sues Jerry Jones, alleges Dallas Cowboys owner paid her mother to conceal that he was her biological father |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33464117/woman-sues-jerry-jones-alleges-dallas-cowboys-owner-biological-father |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Jones has paid nearly $3 million to the woman and her mother, which included the woman's full tuition at [[Southern Methodist University]] and a $70,000 Range Rover on her 16th birthday. Requests for money and other expenses exceeded the amount that Jones agreed to pay in the trust agreement between the parties by nearly $1 million over the years, including $33,000 for a "Sweet 16" birthday party, which was featured on the reality TV show ''[[Big Rich Texas]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Van Natta |first=Don Jr. |title=Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones paid millions to woman who filed paternity lawsuit, lawyer says |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33640873/dallas-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-gave-millions-woman-filed-paternity-lawsuit-lawyer-says |publisher=ESPN |date=March 31, 2022}}</ref> On February 29, 2024, a court decision required Jones to undergo a paternity test concerning the woman's claim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brock |first=Todd |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Cowboys owner Jerry Jones ordered to take paternity test in ongoing 2022 case |url=https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2024/02/29/jerry-jones-paternity-test/ |website=www.cowboyswire.usatoday.com |access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref>

In November 2022, a 1957 photo surfaced depicting a 14-year-old Jerry Jones witnessing an argument where White students attempted to prevent six African-American students from entering North Little Rock High School in Arkansas. North Little Rock was beginning to integrate in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archer |first=Todd |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Jerry Jones fields questions about 1957 photo published in report |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35102924/jerry-jones-fields-questions-1957-photo-published-report |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=ESPN}}</ref> Despite the school's head football coach ordering the team (which Jones was a part of) to stay away from such scenes, Jones said he was there as a curious bystander. Jones also stated: "I don't know that I or anybody anticipated or had a background of knowing what was involved. It was more a curious thing."<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2022 |title=Cowboys owner Jerry Jones identified in troubling 1957 segregation photo |url=https://www.marca.com/en/nfl/dallas-cowboys/2022/11/24/637ef2d8ca47413f298b45e2.html |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www.marca.com |language=en}}</ref> Jones has expressed regret in not doing more to help the Black students feel more accepted at Little Rock.<ref name="b352">{{cite web | last=Whitt | first=Richie | title='I Had No Idea': Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Reflects On 1957 Little Rock Protest Photo | website=Dallas Cowboys On SI | date=November 25, 2022 | url=https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-1957-little-rock-segregation-protest-photo-washington-post-thanksgiving | access-date=October 19, 2024}}</ref>