Jill Biden's Touching Tribute To Alex Trebek

In a year already filled with heartbreaking losses, the death of longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek seems like a particularly cruel blow. "Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends," tweeted the Jeopardy! account on November 8. "Thank you, Alex."

Many people have paid tribute to the TV mainstay, who passed away from pancreatic cancer. Among them is Jill Biden, the soon-to-be first lady of the United States. Biden took the time away from the celebrations of her husband's presidential victory to honor the game show host with a touching tribute. "Rest In Peace, Alex," she wrote on Instagram in the caption of a photo of the two of them.

TMZ reported that the picture dates back to 2016 when Biden was the second lady of the United States and appeared on the game show.

Biden appeared on Jeopardy! that year not as a contestant but to present the Final Jeopardy clue as part of the show's teachers tournament noted the Chicago Tribune. Biden is a longtime teacher who surprised the nation when she announced months ago that she had no plans to quit teaching, even if her husband won the election.

"If we get to the White House, I'm gonna continue to teach," she told CBS. "It's important, and I want people to value teachers and know their contributions, and lift up the profession. I teach a lot of immigrants, and refugees. I love their stories, I love who they are as people, and I love the fact that I can help them on their path to success."

It's not typical for the president's wife to hold down a job outside of her duties as the first lady, and Biden will be the first to do so. "I like working," she told Vogue. "Like so many of your readers, I'm a working woman. [Teaching is] my passion. That's what I love doing. That has been my career and really a major focus in my life, so I feel like I could handle it and do everything else that first ladies want to do."