Widely recognized as the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan has spent decades of time in the spotlight – yet he tends to keep his family life on the quiet side.
The ex-Chicago Bull has five chiladren and one grandchild. His three older children from his first marriage to Juanita Vanoy are all active in the basketball business and his father’s Air Jordan line. Jeffrey, 34, Marcus, 32, and Jasmine, 30. In 2014, he and his current wife Yvette Prieto had twin daughters, Victoria and Ysabel, who are now 9 years old.
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“аt schооl, I heаrd а lоt оf peоple sаy things like, ‘It’s incredible yоur fаther is whо he is.’ аnd I’m thinking, tо the best оf my knоwledge, nоne оf yоu hаve ever met my dаd, sо hоw dо yоu knоw thаt? I decided tо investigаte this further аnd lооk him up оn Gооgle. She sаid, “аnd I fоund а lоt, cleаrly.”
“I had that conversation with my father afterward and he just laughed and was like, ‘Hey, there’s no way to really tell you anything like that,’” As Jasmine remarked. “But between him and my mom, they made sure that we felt like he was normal as can be and we grew up very normal and for that I’m grateful.”
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Jordan, Jeffrey, 34
On November 18th, 1988, Jeffrey Michael Jordan was born to Jordan and Vanoy.
Jeffrey was brought up in a very “competitive atmosphere.” On Good Morning America in 2020, he discussed his childhood.
The son of a famous actor described his father, “He was tough and it was competitive,” in these terms. We believed the healthy dose of competition helped mold us into better people and better equipped us for the challenges of adulthood. The switch was on, and we accepted it.
He noted that the 2020 ESPN documentary, The Last Dance, which examined the Bulls’ 1997-98 season, allowed him to see his father in a new light.
“We got to see him when he came home and he was done with work — but being able to see him in his element, in his atmosphere with the team and see all the ups and downs of that season has been a treat to watch,” according to him.
Like his father before him, Jeffrey was always interested in basketball. He enrolled at the University of Illinois in 2007, as a psychology major, and played as a preferred walk-on on the basketball team.
According to ESPN, he returned to the basketball team after announcing his departure in June 2009 for the 2009-10 season. He moved to Central Florida to play college basketball with his younger brother Marcus the following year after starting at Florida State.
Currently, he is overseeing digital brand innovation for the Jordan label, which is the business side of the sport. He wed Radina Aneva on May 25 this year.
