Jeopardy super-champion Jamie Ding wrapped up his record-breaking 31-game winning streak on Monday, and then the 33-year-old New Jersey law student used his post-show media tour to launch a political attack on President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.
Ding is a Princeton University graduate and the son of Chinese immigrants from Beijing.
Speaking to People Magazine after his big win, Ding said that his appearance as an immigrant and person of color on the iconic game show was especially meaningful because “as an immigrant and a person of color, I was able to become part of the history of an American institution.”
“Jeopardy! really is an institution, and America’s turning 250 years old, and the federal government is going after immigrants in a way unlike anything that we’ve seen in the recent past,” Ding told the magazine.
Ding added, “So I hope that immigrants can be seen in a positive light too.”
The woke champion’s streak ended when Philadelphia chess master Greg Shahade defeated him in a 13,990-point runaway victory.
Ding still secured a spot in the next Tournament of Champions and signed off in Final Jeopardy with the message “TTFN” (ta ta for now).
His 31 consecutive wins rank him fifth all-time behind Ken Jennings (74), Amy Schneider (40), Matt Amodio (38), and James Holzhauer (32), People noted.
During his run, Ding collected $882,605 in regular-season winnings, placing him among the show’s top earners.
Ding was raised in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. He is the son of Yuchuan Ding, a neuroscience professor at Wayne State University, and Ning Yan, a retired mathematics teacher.
Ding was born in Australia, but is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
His family has publicly celebrated his run because of how it benefits immigrant families.
Jessie Ding, the champ’s sister, told the Detroit Free Press:
“What that means for us and for immigrant families, it’s really cool to see, like, the idea that my parents can immigrate here from China and then their son can go on, and this is a very American show, and he can go on and carve out a piece of history for himself.”
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