Normally Jordan travels in the back seat of chauffeured cars. Except in North Carolina, his friends told me. In North Carolina, he drives. “He knows his way to all the Hardee’s,” Whitfield said, laughing. His faithful driver, George Koehler, grinned. “It’s good to come home.” The sun was going down. “My parents used to live here,” Jordan said as he watched people cross the street in front of him.