John Edwards Love Child

In a shocking development, The National Enquirer is reporting that claims 2008 US Presidential candidate John Edwards has a love child.

The story apparently is being released by the Enquirer with a headline that reads "Woman Linked to Candidate Pregnant and Hiding".  And photos are going to be released. 

Bookmaker.com listed John Edwards with +700 odds of winning the Democratic nomination for US President, behind Hillary Clinton at -200 odds and Senator Barack Obama at +130 odds.

Edwards was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina.  Edwards won election to the U.S. Senate in 1998 as a Democrat against incumbent Republican Senator Lauch Faircloth. Despite originally being the underdog, Edwards beat Faircloth by 51.2% to 47.0% — a margin of some 83,000 votes.

During President Bill Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial in the Senate, Edwards was responsible for the deposition of witnesses Monica Lewinsky and fellow Democrat Vernon Jordan. During the 2000 presidential campaign, Edwards was reported to be on Democratic nominee Al Gore's vice presidential nominee "short list.

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Payton O'Brien, Gambling911.com Senior Editor

Originally published December 18, 2007 9:24 pm EST