A friend who was among those gathered with Edwards at her North Carolina home told The Associated Press she was gravely ill. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in , in the final days of her husband's vice presidential campaign. John Edwards launched a second bid for the White House in , and the Edwardses decided to continue even after doctors told Elizabeth that her cancer had spread.
He lost the nomination to Barack Obama. Her mother, Mary Elizabeth Thweatt, was the daughter of a Navy pilot and had been married to another Navy pilot who died when his plane was lost in the Pacific. We had each lived in company housing — military bases for me, mill villages for John. Neither of us had a chance to be rooted in a place, so we were rooted in family and faith, the things we took with us.
They were married in , just days after taking the bar exam. Their son Wade was born in , their daughter Catharine in Lauch Faircloth. She also became the mother of young children, with daughter Emma Claire born in and son Jack in I know where he comes from, I know what he cares about, so I can voice that.
The Democratic ticket of John F. Kerry and Edwards lost to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. She underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. After the cancer returned, John Edwards continued his campaign for the Democratic nomination. Many others would have turned inward; many others in the face of such adversity would have given up.
But through all that she endured, Elizabeth revealed a kind of fortitude and grace that will long remain a source of inspiration," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. Click here to read more reaction from Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and others. John Edwards was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination when his wife's cancer returned in But the stage-four cancer was deemed incurable, and within a year Edwards was fighting another battle.
It was revealed that her husband had a sexual relationship with filmmaker Rielle Hunter. Edwards recounted the situation her book, "Resilience," and spoke about the revelation with Oprah Winfrey. In January, the couple separated after 30 years of marriage after John admitted he had fathered a daughter with Hunter. She initially planned to teach literature, but ultimately pursued a law degree at the university of North Carolina, where she met John.
You couldn't -- you couldn't just take each day for granted. In recent years, Elizabeth authored two best-selling books and became a champion of causes involving poverty and cancer. But always, she said, her children were her top priority: year-old Cate, year-old Emma Claire and year-old Jack. In an April interview with "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts, she said wanted her children to be able to handle any situation that comes their way.
They have to know what to do when the wind blows them off course. And that's what's happened to me," she said. That, in bad times, you still keep your eye on what it was that was important to you.
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