 According to his own books, Vuković was born after 1460.In his 1519/20 "Psalter", Vuković had signed himself as "Božidar Vuković of the Đurići, of Podgorica" ().He was most likely born in the town of Podgorica, where he did own a house and several parcels of land in its vicinity, as recorded even after his emigration to Western Europe when he grew up - the lands he owned were probably family heritage.