John Edwards Admits to Affair, Convention Role Unclear

Susan Davis and Amy Chozick report on the presidential race. Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards admitted to an extra-marital affair Friday. ABC News’s “Nightline” will air the exclusive interview tonight. John Edwards gestures during a July 21, 2008 news conference in Los Angeles. Edwards is admitting to an extramarital affair but denies fathering the woman’s child. (AP) In the interview, Edwards says he lied repeatedly about the affair with a 44-year-old woman while his wife struggled with cancer. He denied he is the father of the woman’s child as reported by The National Enquirer, which broke the story. The woman, Rielle Hunter , had run a firm that directed four Web videos for Edwards’s political action committee in 2006. Hunter had a daughter on Feb. 26, 2008. She did not put a father’s name on the birth certificate filed in California, according to the Associated Press. Andrew Young , an aide to Edwards, has claimed to be the father.  ... (link)