大統領の 候補者 John Edwards 収容する／認めるs fathering love child during 事件／事情／状勢 with 補佐官

By Mail Foreign Service
Updated: 15:18 BST, 21 January 2010

Former 大統領の 希望に満ちた John Edwards h as finally 認める he fathered a child with one of his staff.

Edwards, who was US 上院議員 for North Carolina and 2004 副／悪徳行為 大統領の 候補者,? had 最初 否定するd fathering a child during his 事件／事情／状勢 with videographer Rielle Hunter.

But today he （機の）カム clean. 'I am Quinn's father,' he 宣言するd in a 声明. He 公約するd to do 'everything in my 力／強力にする' to support his daughter, who is nearly two.?

He's the daddy: John Edwards (left) has 認める 存在 the father of Rielle Hunter's daughter Quinn

'It was wrong for me ever to 否定する she was my daughter and hopefully one day, when she understands, she will 許す me,' he said.

A former Edwards' 補佐官, Andrew Young, 最初 had （人命などを）奪う，主張するd paternity of the child.

フランs was born on February 27, 2008, 示すing that she was conceived in the middle of 2007, se veral months after Hunter stopped working for Edwards in the 早期に 行う／開催する／段階s of the 戦う／戦い for the 2008 Democratic 大統領の 指名／任命.

Edwards dropped out of the 大統領の race on January 30, 2008, after poor showings in 早期に 最初の／主要なs.

He 認める the 事件／事情／状勢 in August 2008 but 否定するd he was the father of the child until now. He （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the 事件／事情／状勢 ended in 2006.

He 定評のある in May that 連邦の 捜査官／調査官s were looking into how he used 選挙資金s.

Both Young and Hunter - with her child - have made 外見s at a 連邦の courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, but the US 検察官，検事's office there has 拒絶する／低下するd to 確認する or 否定する an 調査.

Betrayed: Edwards with wife Elizabeth who has 終点 癌

Edwards' wife of more than 30 years, Elizabeth, has been 戦う／戦いing incurable 癌 since March 2007.

She has stood by her husband にもかかわらず the 事件／事情／状勢. She has said that it does not 事柄 to her whether her husband fathered a child with Hunter, 説, "that would be a part of John's life, but not a part of 地雷."

Harrison Hickman, Edwards' longtime political 助言者, called the 状況／情勢 'a lot more 複雑にするd than people think.'

'Elizabeth thinks that he should 認める this,' Hickman said in an interview broadcast on NBC's Today show.

He said it 'has been a very difficult time for everyone ... but 特に for Elizabeth.'

Edwards, a successful 弁護士／代理人／検事, won 選挙 to the 上院 from North Carolina in 1998 but served only one six-year 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

In 2004, he made an 不成功の 企て，努力，提案 for the Democratic 大統領の 指名／任命, then was chosen as the 副／悪徳行為 大統領の running mate by the 指名された人, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. 大統領 George W. Bush （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 them that November, winning a second 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.