When did John Edward have an affair with film director Reille Hunter?
Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina said Friday that he had an affair in 2006 with a woman who was not his wife. But he denied that he was the father of her baby, who was born in February, about a month after Mr. Edwards dropped out of the race for president. Mr. Edwards, who no longer holds public office, said in a deeply personal statement that he had lied in previously denying the affair and that he was “ashamed” of his conduct. He said that “over the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic.” A successful lawyer, Mr. Edwards, a Democrat, ran for president in 2004 before becoming Senator John Kerry’s running mate. He formally began his campaign for the 2008 presidential nomination in December 2006. He and his wife, Elizabeth, created a human drama when they announced in March 2007 that Mrs. Edwards had had a recurrence of breast cancer but that they would soldier on with the campaign. In his st
