After months of vehement denials and in the aftermath of The National Enquirer’s investigation, former Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards finally admitted that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter. More details and video after the jump.

John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

UPDATE – Watch the entire Nightline interview: Video: Nightline: John Edwards Affair, Full Interview & Transcript 8-8-08

Rielle Hunter photo

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter’s baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby’s birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father.

Top Photo: John Edwards with his family, January 30, 2008 announcement that he is leaving the Presidential campaign.

Photo: John Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards – May 2008

Edwards said he told his wife, Elizabeth, and others in his family about the affair in 2006.

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.

When the National Enquirer first reported the alleged Edwards-Hunter affair last October 11, Edwards, his campaign staff and Hunter vociferously denounced the report.

“The story is false, it’s completely untrue, it’s ridiculous,” Edwards told reporters then.

He repeated his denials just two weeks ago.

Edwards today admitted the National Enquirer was correct when it reported he had visited Hunter at the Beverly Hills Hilton last month.

The former Senator said his wife had not known about the meeting.

Source: Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

Top photo: John Edwards, January 30, 2008 announcing that he is leaving the presidential campaign.

Here is a news report on the John Edwards affair.



Here is a CNN News report on Elizabeth Edwards

Here is the Rielle Hunter interview on “Extra” in which she discusses John Edwards and the documentaries she produced for the John Edwards campaign.

Here are two of the Webisodes that Rielle Hunter produced for John Edwards.

Rielle Hunter Webisode 1 – Plane Truths



Rielle Hunter Webisode 2 – Golden Rule

via – Right Pundits – Rielle Hunter Is John Edwards’ Girlfriend

John Edwards Admits Affair with Rielle Hunter