Dr. Joe Jones spent most of his childhood in Bowie, Maryland. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point directly after high school, graduating in 2000. He served in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer for 4 years before enrolling at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2004, graduating in 2008.  He initially trained in Orthopedic Surgery in Hawaii, but transitioned to General Medicine in 2012. He would go on to complete the Occupational Medicine Residency at Walter Reed in 2020, and then retired from the U.S. Army in 2024 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He graduated from the University of Maryland Interventional Pain Fellowship in 2026 and joined the Clearway Pain team immediately after graduation. He is married with two children.