John Edwards | |
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Succeeded by | Richard Burr |
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Born | Johnny Reid Edwards June 10, 1953 Seneca, South Carolina, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
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He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008 . Edwards defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election.
On June 20, 2008, the Associated Press reported that according to a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the names of Edwards and Sam Nunn were on Obama's vice presidential shortlist. Ultimately, then-Senator Joe Biden of Delaware was tapped to become Obama's running mate. While at UNC, he met Elizabeth Anania.
Not only did a Minnesota elector vote for Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards for both President and Vice President, but he or she could not spell his ordinary last name correctly. ^ Jim VandeHei and Dan Balz (July 6, 2004).
On the morning of July 6, 2004, Kerry announced the selection of John Edwards as his running mate.
December 7, 2010Elizabeth Edwards / Date of death
Elizabeth EdwardsJohn Edwards / Spouse (m. 1977–2010)Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee. Wikipedia
Frances Quinn HunterCate EdwardsEmma Claire EdwardsJohn Edwards/Daughters
Edwards is now a personal injury lawyer in Pitt County, North Carolina.
61 years (1949–2010)Elizabeth Edwards / Age at death
Mr EdwardsOn Bacon's death in 1992, at the age of 82, he left his entire estate to Mr Edwards.
78Â years (December 11, 1943)John Kerry / Age
Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NCElizabeth Edwards / Place of burialHistoric Oakwood Cemetery was founded in 1869 in North Carolina's capital, Raleigh, near the North Carolina State Capitol in the city's Historic Oakwood neighborhood. Wikipedia
14Â years (2008)Frances Quinn Hunter / Age
John Edwards was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998, and in 2000 was on the short list to join the Democratic ticket alongside presidential candidate Al Gore. During John’s Senate tenure he co-sponsored 203 bills, served on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
As a proven advocate who will fight for fairness, equality, civil rights and equal opportunity under the law, there is no attorney more dedicated than John Edwards. Throughout his national political service – as U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee and candidate for President of the United States – John ...
As the Los Angeles Times detailed at the time, attorney Allison Van Laningham defended Edwards in court as having "committed sins but no crimes," arguing that it was "humiliation he was trying to avoid all along.".
He was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury, and faced six felony charges in 2012, as CNN detailed: conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions, and giving false statements. His defense team was successful in the end, however — they successfully argued that Edwards' actions might have been immoral, but not criminal.
The former senator was charged with using campaign funds to conceal his relationship with his mistress from the public. The trial grabbed headlines in 2012. Edwards’ defense argued that most of the money was given as gifts by friends and was not entirely part of the campaign fund.
He was accused of using campaign funds to conceal his mistress. Edwards was indicted in 2011 and accused of covering up an affair he had while running a presidential campaign in 2008.
She legally separated from Edwards before her death. Meanwhile, Rielle Hunter spoke about what a great father John Edwards is and said, “I view him as family. I mean, he’s family. I absolutely love him.
John Edwards was the first person in his family to go to college. He graduated from law school with honors and began his career as a clerk for a federal judge in North Carolina. From these humble beginnings, Edwards worked in a law firm for several years before starting his own firm in 1993 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
John Edwards’ Mistress. John Edwards’ affair with Rielle Hunter reportedly took place while his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, was dying of cancer. Hunter gave birth to Edwards’ daughter in 2008. He initially denied that he was the baby’s father, but later admitted that he was, indeed the father of the child.
In August 2008, Fred Baron, Edwards' campaign finance chairman, told NBC News that he had been providing financial assistance to both Hunter and Young without Edwards' knowledge; he further stated that no campaign funds had been used. Reportedly, Young had also successfully solicited funds from Rachel Lambert Mellon, also known as "Bunny" Mellon, a 99-year-old heiress to the Mellon fortune. Baron passed away two months later.
Rielle Hunter and the Edwards campaign. Main article: Rielle Hunter. In December 2006, Newsweek reported that Hunter had been hired by the Edwards campaign to produce a series of webisodes that portrayed behind-the-scenes life on the campaign trail.
The statement said that, in 2006, "John had made a terrible mistake," though she went on to praise her husband for "courage in the face of shame.".
On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury on six felony charges. He faced a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison and a $ 1.5 million fine, or a USD250,000 fine and/or five years imprisonment per charge. The indictment came after the failure of intensive negotiations for a plea bargain. The agreement would have meant that Edwards would have been required to plead guilty to three misdemeanor campaign finance law violations, in addition to a six-month prison sentence, but would have allowed Edwards to keep his law license.
After Edwards's admission, his wife Elizabeth announced a separation from her husband, with an intention to file for divorce. When Edwards first admitted to the affair, he stated that Elizabeth was in remission from breast cancer.
The team of Enquirer reporters encountered Edwards on the hotel premises sometime after 2 a.m. on the morning of July 22. According to Perel, Edwards, who was not a registered guest of the hotel, retreated from the reporters to a washroom, where he remained until being escorted from the premises by hotel security.
A federal grand jury investigated whether any of Edwards' campaign funds were misspent on covering up the affair and, on August 6, 2009, Hunter testified before a federal grand jury in Raleigh.
Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist based in South Carolina who works in North Carolina frequently, said: “The demographics of North Carolina still would give us real possibilities, real opportunities to do the unthinkable, just like we did in Georgia in January.
Don Jr’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News presenter, campaigned vigorously for the president and went viral with a Republican national convention address that ended with a crescendo: “The best is yet to come!”.
So don’t for a second think that Joe Biden is going to be sworn in on January 20th.”. This week Lara returned to the spotlight in more ways than one.
Lara, 38 , a former TV producer who has also worked as a chef and personal trainer, married Eric Trump at his father’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2014. Since becoming a member of the family, she has displayed the zeal of the convert and proved an ardent champion of the “Make America great again” movement.
John Edwards is a former United States Senator from North Carolina and a Democratic Party vice-presidential and presidential candidate. In August 2008, Edwards admitted to an extramarital affair, which was initially reported in 2007 by the National Enquirer but was given little attention outside the tabloid press and political blogosphere. The Enquirer cited claims from an anonymous sourc…
In December 2006, Newsweek reported that Hunter had been hired by the Edwards campaign to produce a series of webisodes that portrayed behind-the-scenes life on the campaign trail. Hunter had pitched the idea of creating the series to Edwards when she met him at a bar in New York City, where the candidate was attending a business meeting. The campaign paid Hunter's production company, Midline Groove, over USD$100,000 for the short documentaries that were uploaded to
On October 10, 2007, the National Enquirer published an article claiming that Edwards had engaged in an extramarital affair with an unnamed female campaign worker. On the same day, Stein published another article in The Huffington Post that contained additional details about Hunter, including her name and the web videos that she had produced. The following day, October 11, New York magazine published a piece linking Hunter to the Enquirer allegations.
Aside from the Fox News story on July 25, mainstream news sources did not immediately report the story. Articles describing the Enquirer allegations were eventually published by New York and Radar magazines. The claims were also mentioned in opinion columns and in-house blogs of several other papers. On July 23, Glenn Beck talked about the story on his Headline News program, recommending that Edwards sue the Enquirer if its story was proven false. On that same day, Ro…
On August 1, the Enquirer published an article naming Hunter's child. Mainstream news organizations subsequently obtained a copy of the birth certificate, confirming that a girl had been born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on February 27, 2008. The birth certificate listed the mother's name as "Rielle Jaya James Druck," while the child was given the surname "Hunter"; no father's name was listed. Media reports linked the Druck and Hunter surnames on the birth certif…
In August 2008, Fred Baron, Edwards' campaign finance chairman, told NBC News that he had been providing financial assistance to both Hunter and Young without Edwards' knowledge; he further stated that no campaign funds had been used. Reportedly, Young had also successfully solicited funds from Rachel Lambert Mellon, also known as "Bunny" Mellon, a 99-year-old heiress to the Mellon fortune. Baron passed away two months later.
In August 2008, senior figures in the Democratic Party warned that Edwards' failure to respond to the allegations could affect his role at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. According to Donald Fowler, former Democratic National Committee chair, "If there is not an explanation that's satisfactory, acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is 'no,' [Edwards] would not be a prime candidate to make a major address to the convention." Gary Pearce, who ran Edward…