The Edwards Affair
Key dates leading up to former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' admission of having an extramarital affair.
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John Edwards and Elizabeth Anania marry. They have four children (Wade in 1979, Cate in 1982, Emma Claire in 1998, and Jack in 2000).
Photos: John Edwards
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John Edwards wins election to become U.S. senator from North Carolina.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry picks John Edwards as his running mate.
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Elizabeth Edwards is diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry concede the presidential race.
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The family says Elizabeth Edwards is making progress in her treatment for breast cancer. She has surgery to remove a cancerous growth following four months of chemotherapy to shrink the half-dollar-size mass. A family spokeswoman says will undergo five to six weeks of radiation treatment starting in early April.
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Edwards' political action committee begins to make payments to a newly formed firm run by Rielle Hunter to produce videos for what will be his presidential campaign. The committee paid $100,000 in a four-month span.
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Edwards tells supporters of his intentions to run for president in an e-mail, a day before his formal announcement in New Orleans.
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Edwards and his wife say her breast cancer has spread to her bone during a highly publicized news conference designed to reassure the public about the prognosis for her health and his candidacy. "The bottom line is, her cancer is back," John Edwards says.
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Edwards' political action committee makes its last payment to Hunter's company.
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Elizabeth Edwards tells The Associated Press that she has a type of cancer that is more likely to be controlled by anti-estrogen drugs.
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The National Enquirer reports that Edwards is having an affair.
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Edwards says the National Enquirer story is untrue. "The story is false. It's completely untrue, ridiculous," he tells reporters.
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The National Enquirer reports Hunter is Edwards' mistress and she is more than six months pregnant.
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Edwards ends his bid for the White House.
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Hunter's daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, is born. No father's name is given on the birth certificate filed in California.
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Edwards endorses former rival Barack Obama.
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The National Enquirer reports Edwards visited Hunter at a Los Angeles hotel on July 21 and left the morning after.
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Edwards admits to ABC News that he had an extramarital affair with Hunter, but denies fathering her child.
Photos: John Edwards
Photos: Sex & Politics
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Credits:
CBS/AP
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