John Edwards' life and career
John Edwards has gone from trial lawyer to senator to vice presidential nominee, to presidential candidate. Here's a look back at the ups and downs of his career.
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John Edwards (bottom right) and his sister Kathy sitting for a portrait with his parents Bobbie and Wallace.
John Edwards is pictured as a member of the North Moore High School Mustangs varsity football team during his senior year in 1970.
John Edwards is shown in the this 1971 file photo taken in Clemson, S.C., when he was a 6-foot 156 pound walk-on safety at Clemson University.
Elizabeth and John Edwards on their wedding day on July 30, 1977.
John Edwards with his late son, Wade, on Mount Kilimanjaro.
John Edwards poses with his newborn son, John Atticus Edwards, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday, May 19, 2000.
Then-Sen. John Edwards, holding his daughter Emma, stands with his wife Elizabeth, holding their son Jack, and his daughter Cate, as he begins to tell a crowd gathered in the backyard of his home about his plans to form an exploratory committee to run for president.
John Edwards (left) gets some help blowing out his 50th birthday candles from his parents, Bobbie and Wallace Edwards during a campaign stop, June 8, 2003.
Then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen John Edwards stands with his parents, Bobbie and Wallace Edwards, outside the family's first home where John was a baby, in the Utica Mill community of Seneca, S.C.
Democratic presidential candidates, from left: Howard Dean, Sen. John Edwards, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Dick Gephardt, former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and Sen. Bob Graham, pose after participating in a candidates debate, Sept. 9, 2003, at Morgan State University in Baltimore.
John Edwards gets a kiss from his wife, Elizabeth, during a rally, Sept. 16, 2003.
John Edwards gestures from his campaign bus with three-year-old son Jack and five-year-old daughter Emma Claire outside the Greenview Park polling place, Feb. 3, 2004, in Columbia, S.C.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards wave to the crowd during a campaign speech in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Then-Sen. John Edwards waves as he arrives with his family at the Pittsburgh airport, July 6, 2004.
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards and Teresa Heinz Kerry wave to onlookers as they arrive at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, July 10, 2004.
Then-Vice presidential candidate John Edwards speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2004, in Boston.
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney (left) listens to then-Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards during their debate, Oct. 5, 2004, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
John Edwards reaches for John Kerry before the start of Kerry's concession speech in Boston's Faneuil Hall, Nov. 3, 2004.
In this video image released by Senate TV, Sen. John Edwards, gives a farewell speech on the Senate floor, Nov. 19, 2004.
John Edwards, and his wife, Elizabeth, arrive for the Kennedy Center Honors gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Dec. 5, 2004.
Rielle Hunter, left, watching John Edwards, right, autograph a copy of his book, "Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives" during a campaign stop in Dallas on Dec. 1, 2006.
John Edwards is applauded after being introduced during a taping of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews in Chapel Hill, N.C., Dec. 12, 2006.
John Edwards joins students from the Achievement Academy in Baton Rouge, La. as they work in the yard of a home that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Dec. 27, 2006.
John Edwards is greeted by supporters before speaking at a rally, Dec. 28, 2006, in Des Moines, Iowa. On that day, Edwards announced that he would seek the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
In this photo provided by Robert Scoble, John Edwards (right) is seen seated next to Rielle Hunter (left) on a plane from New Hampshire to Reno, Nev., Dec. 29, 2006.
John Edwards holds up a baby during a campaign appearance Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, in Reno, Nev.
John Edwards listens to his wife Elizabeth speak about her recurrence of cancer during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C., March 22, 2007.
Staffer of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards wipe down the Main Street Express before a rally to kick off Edwards bus tour of Iowa at the Polk County Convention Complex in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 10, 2007.
Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, speaks to supporters Dec. 20, 2007 during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Democratic presidential hopeful former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards speaks during a rally in Boone, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2007.
Democratic presidential hopefuls, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Sen. John Edwards, and Sen. Barack Obama, wave after the televised Democratic presidential debate at Saint Anselm College Jan. 5, 2008 in Manchester, N.H.
Democratic presidential hopefuls from left, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards, participate in a Democratic presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Jan. 21, 2008.
In this Aug. 8, 2008 image taken from video and released by ABC News, Bob Woodruff interviews John Edwards in Chapel Hill, N.C. Edwards confessed to ABC News that he had lied repeatedly about the affair with 43-year-old Rielle Hunter.
In this Feb. 3, 2010 photo provided by GQ, Rielle Hunter holds Frances Quinn, her 2-year-old daughter fathered by John Edwards, at her home in Charlotte, N.C.
John Edwards arrives with his daughter Cate Edwards at a federal courthouse as the jury deliberates for a third day in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., May 22, 2012.
Rielle Hunter, center, is escorted into the Terry Sanford Federal Building and Courthouse in Raleigh, N.C. on Aug. 6, 2009.
John Edwards, center, and his mother Bobbie Edwards, right, and his father Wallace Edwards, left, arrive at a federal courthouse for John Edwards' trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., May 16, 2012.