Smith was born on September 11, 2007. At age four, he became interested in
basketball after watching his father, Jordan Sr., play in a local
Washington, D.C. league. He attended Stuart-Hobson Middle School and St. Francis Xavier School in Washington, D.C. before entering
Paul VI Catholic High School in
Chantilly, Virginia, where he became a top basketball player. For his performance, he was selected
MaxPreps Junior All-American and the MaxPreps National Junior of the Year. A member of Team Takeover, he helped them to the Peach Jam championship in 2022, the Peach Jam title in 2023, and in 2024, averaged 12.1 points and 5.7 rebounds as Takeover reached the semifinals. In February 2026, he committed to play
college basketball for the
Arkansas Razorbacks. ==International career==