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I have tried some pontiac reds in containers about 3' deep and got plenty potatoes but none higher than about a foot from the seed potato or just like they would be planted conventionally.
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That is going to be the main problem with nearly all conventional potatoes. They have been bred to do exactly that to make mechanical harvesting easy. I suspect there may be some fingerling types that would set tubers at multiple layers, but even that is no guarantee.
When choosing varieties to grow in bins, it would be likely be better to source from private breeders and/or 'wilder types' with non-Tuberosum genetics in their background.
I would like to cross Papa Chonca with another variety like this that produces larger tubers at some point. I have yet to see it flower, so that work may need to be done by someone with a much longer growing season than I have in Rhode Island.