Though Trebek has pledged to remain Jeopardy!’s frontman for as long as his health allows him to, his diagnosis isn’t one that can be reversed with ease, so back-up plans are fairly necessary now.
This newsy rumor comes from Rob Shuter’s podcast Straight Shuter: Naughty But Nice, where he claims that previous discussions about finding a new Jeopardy! host were renewed and hastened in the time since Alex Trebek revealed he is suffering from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.