Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Popović a 1881 a Sjenica, Kosovo Vilayet, Daular Ottoman (yanzu kudu maso yammacin Serbia). Iyalinsa sun gudu daga mulkin Ottoman kuma suka zauna a Kragujevac, inda ya halarci makaranta. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Soja a Belgrade a 1903 tare da mukamin laftanar na biyu, Vojin Popović ya zaɓi shiga ƙungiyar chetnik a 1905, kuma a cikin 1911 ya shiga ƙungiyar asirin "Haɗin kai ko Mutuwa" (Black Hand). Ya yi yaƙi da Ottomans a Makidoniya da Tsohon Serbia tsakanin 1905 da 1912 (yaƙe-yaƙe a Čelopek, Кumanovo, Prilep, Bitola, da bankin Vardar) da kuma Bulgaria a kogin Bregalnica a 1913. Ya sami shahararren soja a yakin yakin duniya na farko na Drina, da
Kolubara kuma musamman don Cer, kuma an yi masa ado da Order of the Karađorđe Star, 4th da 3rd class (ofishi da kwamandan). An daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Laftanar Kanar na Sojojin Serbia, kuma duk da sanannun sa na kasancewa jami'in da ba shi da ƙarfi, an amince da shi sosai. An tuna da shi sama da duka a matsayin mafi kyawun jagora na chetnik (vojvoda) saboda ƙarfin hali da ƙarfin soja na musamman. Rukunin sa sun ba da tsaro ga Yarima mai jiran gado Aleksandar Karađorđević yayin janyewa a fadin Albania wanda ya biyo bayan asarar da Serbia ta yi a 1915. A cikin hunturu na 1916 ya umurci ƙungiyar sa kai da ke yaƙi da Bulgarians a kan dabarun Dutsen Nidža, Kajmakčalan, a kan Salonika Front. An ji masa rauni a Grunište vis a yankin Kogin Crna, amma ya ci gaba da bin abokan gaba. A ranar 29 ga Nuwamba, 1916, a matakin karshe na yakin, ya mutu daga harbi a zuciyarsa.