07:02 PM EDT 08/17/2008
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The Edwards Affair: The Mysterious Other Woman, Rielle Hunter
Originally posted 08/14/2008 12:40PM
Rielle Hunter, the 44-year-old campaign aide with whom former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted to having an affair, seems to have had as many personal transformations as she's had names.
Hunter went from a New York City party girl to an aspiring actress in Los Angeles to a New-Age spiritualist and then, finally, to a political operative.
Pigeon O'Brien, a music publicist who's known Hunter for 20 years, says she's most puzzled by Hunter's latest role. O'Brien was especially disturbed by negative comments Hunter made about Elizabeth Edwards in a recent Newsweek story.
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Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out About Affair
Originally posted 08/08/2008 08:30PM
Elizabeth Edwards says her husband John "made a terrible mistake" by having an affair, but coping with the revelation was "oddly made somewhat easier" by her battle with cancer.
"None of these (problems) has been easy," she writes on the political blog Daily Kos. "But we have stood with one another through them all. Although John believes he should stand alone and take the consequences of his action now, when the door closes behind him, he has his family waiting for him."
• For the transcript of John Edwards's interview with Bob Woodruff of ABC News, click here.
Elizabeth, 59, says her husband, 55, told her about the affair two years ago – months before her breast cancer returned.
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John Edwards: I Am Ashamed of My Conduct
Originally posted 08/08/2008 05:15PM
Former Sen. John Edwards, who has admitted to having an extramarital affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, released an official statement Friday.
In it, Edwards, 55, vows to take a paternity test to establish whether or not he is the father of Hunter's child, as has been speculated about in the press.
Read the complete statement:
In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99 percent honest is no longer enough.
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John Edwards Admits to Having an Affair
Originally posted 08/08/2008 03:25PM
After repeated denials that he was involved in an extramarital relationship, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has confirmed that he indeed did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, though he denies that he loved her.
Speaking to ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff in an interview scheduled to air Friday on Nightline, Edwards cited the timing of Rielle's baby's birth, on Feb. 27, 2008, as proving he is not the father, because the affair with Hunter had ended, he said. He has not submitted to a paternity test.
Former campaign aide Andrew Young has claimed paternity of the child.
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John Edwards to Endorse Barack Obama
Originally posted 05/14/2008 05:45PM
Former Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards is backing Barack Obama for his party's nomination, reports ABC News, which says that the Obama campaign has confirmed the endorsement.
Official word from Edwards is expected Wednesday at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., where the two men to appear together.
Speaking to PEOPLE earlier this month, Edwards's wife, Elizabeth Edwards, said she liked Hillary Clinton's plan for universal health insurance, while Edwards said the he doesn't much care for Clinton's "old politics."
Edward's endorsement of Obama follows Clinton's defeat of Obama by 41 points in the West Virginia primary on Tuesday.
Edwards, formerly a senator from North Carolina, ended his campaign for president on Jan. 30, as momentum for both Clinton and Obama was still building. Reportedly, the Clinton camp had been wooing Edwards for his approval.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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John & Elizabeth Edwards: What We Like (and Dislike) About Clinton & Obama
Originally posted 05/05/2008 05:10PM
Elizabeth Edwards likes Hillary Clinton's plan for universal health insurance. Husband John Edwards doesn't much care for Clinton's "old politics."
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Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins Sign on to Support John Edwards
Originally posted 12/10/2007 08:45AM
Sure, Barack Obama has Oprah Winfrey. But he's not the only presidential hopeful calling in the star power.
Fellow Democrat John Edwards announced Sunday that Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins will join him on the campaign trail in Iowa this week.
As an incentive for supporters to tell their undecided friends and family about Edwards – the former senator from North Carolina who served as John Kerry's running mate in 2004 – the campaign is also offering memorabilia signed the two Mystic River costars.
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John Mayer Plays Political Strategist to John Edwards
Originally posted 05/15/2007 04:45PM
John Mayer and presidential candidate John Edwards have more in common than great hair: Both are interested in reaching the youth of America.
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Elizabeth Edwards Gets a 'Good Sign'
Originally posted 04/04/2007 09:45AM
Elizabeth Edwards has received some upbeat news regarding her battle with cancer – that it can likely be treated with anti-estrogen drugs, she says.
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Moving Forward
Originally posted 03/29/2007 12:00PM
Elizabeth and John Edwards sat down their two youngest children – Emma Claire, 8, and Jack, 6 – in the family room on the evening of March 21. There was some giggling, some talk of school that day and of Jack's field trip to a supermarket. Then John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina now running for the White House, changed the subject. "He said, 'I need to tell ya'll something,'" Elizabeth says. " 'I need to tell you that Mommy's cancer is back, and it's not going away this time.'" The kids wanted to know: Was their mom going to die?
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