2006
December: Edwards begins his second run for president.
2007
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Published Fri, Jan 22, 2010 02:00 AM
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Key dates: How the Edwards infidelity story developed
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March: John and Elizabeth Edwards announce that her breast cancer is back and is incurable. They continue the campaign.
October: National Enquirer reports that Edwards had an affair with an unidentified woman who worked on the campaign. "The story is false," Edwards tells The Associated Press. "It's completely untrue, ridiculous."
December: National Enquirer reports that Rielle Hunter is pregnant and has moved to the Chapel Hill area. Hunter and Andrew Young, a former Edwards campaign aide, issue statements claiming that Young is the father of the unborn child.
2008
January: After finishing second in the Iowa caucuses and third in the New Hampshire primary, Edwards ends his presidential campaign.
February: Hunter's baby, Frances Quinn Hunter, is born in Santa Barbara, Calif. Birth certificate names no father.
July: National Enquirer reports that Edwards paid a secret visit to Hunter and the baby at the Beverly Hilton.
August: Edwards admits to having an affair with Hunter but says he is not the father of the baby.
2010
January: Edwards admits he is the father of Frances Quinn Hunter.
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