John Edwards - John Edwards Proposed To Girlfriend Weeks After Wife's Death

The former Democratic Presidential candidate then arranged for his children Cate, Jack and Emma Claire to meet Hunter for the first time at the 'MACaroni Grill' restaurant in Charlotte. John and Elizabeth had been married for 32 years but split back in January 2010 after it emerged that the politician had engaged in an affair with Rielle, a Democrat campaign worker. The affair led to the birth of a baby girl named 'Frances Quinn Hunter'. Earlier this week, it was reported that Elizabeth, an attorney and health care activist, cut John out of her will completely before her death, leaving all possessions and property to her three children.

Edwards was first diagnosed with breast cancer the day that John Kerry and her husband conceded defeat in the 2004 US Presidential Election to George W Bush.