Given what you know about BJ’s life, how hard is it to accept that he made it through on charm and cheatin’ ?
How much cheating would a student who had only a combined 1054 SAT score have to do to be in the top 5% of his/her class at a prestigious/ competitive entry university? That’s a LOT even for BillyJeff. A student with those scores would be lucky to complete G’town, much less graduate in the top 5%.
Seriously, he is a despicable person, but I’d credit his having natural intelligence at a high level. More than I’d give the current office holder.