| 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago Former presidential candidate John Edwards admits to extramarital affair
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John
Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife
was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter.
Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair
with a 42-year-old woman but said that he didn't love her. He said
he has not taken a paternity test but knows he isn't the father
because of the timing of the affair and the birth.
ABC said a former Edwards campaign staffer claims he is the
father, not Edwards.
In 2006, Edwards' political action committee paid $100,000 in a
four-month span to a newly formed firm run by Rielle Hunter, who
directed the production of just four Web videos, one a mere 2 1/2
minutes long.
Hunter's daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, was born on Feb. 27,
2008, and no father's name is given on the birth certificate filed
in California.
Edwards was a top contender for the Democratic nomination for
president. He placed second in the Iowa caucuses last January but
dropped out of the race a few weeks later.
Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, was the
Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004.
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