He’s so proud of his son! Dr. Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neurosurgery, cannot wrap his brain around Jamie Ding‘s Jeopardy! success.
As of April 13, Ding has won 22 games and racked up $627,600, cementing his place on the Leaderboard of Legends. Did his dad think he would ever make it that far on the game show? Here’s what he had to say.
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