With a son that's nearly in his early-40s, you're probably wondering whether James Earl Jones has any grandkids running around the house. As The Things notes, Flynn Earl Jones has remained relatively quiet when it comes to his personal life. According to Celebsgraphy, the young Jones married Lorena Monagas on Nov. 29, 2019.
While it's unclear whether the veteran actor has any grandchildren, he has been very vocal about his own grandparents. After his parents separated, Jones was raised by his maternal grandparents in Michigan. During an interview with BBC, He said that his grandmother was the most "racist, bigoted person [he's] ever known," despite her having Cherokee, Choctaw Indian, and African American ancestry (via HuffPost). "She trained us that way," he said. "She would consider it defensive racism, but it's still racism, it's still the same person."
As HuffPost notes, his grandmother's beliefs led him to develop a "need for independent thinking" as a child. Because of her, he could "live in the shoes of racists," as he explained. "When I hear about racists, I know exactly what they're feeling. I said, 'I'm gonna allow myself to feel that, just for the hell of it.' So I know what they're going through."
