CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A father who once made a desperate attempt to clone his deceased son is giving West Virginia Democrats their best shot at reclaiming a seat in Congress.
In a presidential election year woefully short on civility, the cloning attempt 17 years ago hasn’t been used against Mark Hunt once in the contest.
Hunt only talks about it when asked, but he’s not ashamed to tell the story.
Hunt’s baby boy still beams a smile down over his dad from a framed picture in his office in the law firm he’s run for 22 years. Andrew died at 10 months old, and would have been 18 years old in October.
“That’s that child right there, with those blue eyes that you could look in and see eternity,” Hunt said.