Alex Jones

His son, Rex Jones, worked with him for an ‘InfoWars’ video about gun-control policies.

Jones was born on February 11, 1974, in Dallas, Texas, to David, a dentist, and Paula, a homemaker. He spent his early life in Rockwall, a suburb of Dallas, and later lived in Austin, Texas. He attended ‘Anderson High School’ in Austin and graduated in 1993. While in high school, he was part of the school football team.

Jones attended the ‘Austin Community College’ but dropped out soon. Journalist Gary Allen’s book ‘None Dare Call It Conspiracy’ had a tremendous impact on him during his younger days. While in school, he often got into conflicts with the corrupt police of Rockwall.

In the beginning, he worked for a public-access cable TV program (with a call-in format) in Austin. His distinctive style was honed at this TV station. Later, he switched to radio. He began hosting ‘The Final Edition’ on ‘KJFK’ (98.9 FM) in 1996. Through this show, he often expressed his belief that the US government was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. He received a lot of mail from fans, who not only appreciated his belief but also provided him with more information and “proof” of the ‘New World Order’ theory.

His first film, ‘America: Destroyed by Design,’ was released in 1998. After watching it, an Austin-based director, Richard Linklater, cast him in his animated hits, ‘Waking Life’ and ‘A Scanner Darkly. In 1998, Jones disrupted George W Bush’s rally in Texas and was removed for interrupting Bush’s speech.

The same year, he gathered support, mainly through his radio show, to rebuild the ‘Branch Davidian’ church as a memorial to those who had died (according to him, murdered by Attorney General Janet Reno and the ‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’) when the federal siege of the ‘Branch Davidian’ complex in Waco, Texas, ended in a fire in April 1993.

In 1999, his radio show garnered high ratings, and he won ‘The Austin Chronicles’ readers’ poll for the ‘Best Austin Talk Radio Host,’ tying with Shannon Burke.

Nevertheless, he was fired, as the radio station was finding it difficult to get sponsors because of his views.