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Edwards says he’s father of Reille Hunter’s child

MIKE BAKER

Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. – Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with a videographer that he hired before his second White House bid.

Edwards confirmed this in a statement released to The Associated Press Thursday, after initially denying that he’d fathered a child during his affair with the videographer, Reille Hunter.

“I am Quinn’s father,” the former senator declared in his statement, as the second birthday of Frances Quinn Hunter approaches.