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Edwards Says Wife’s Cancer Has Returned (NYT)
Mar 22nd, 2025 by Viviane
By JOHN M. BRODER and ADAM NAGOURNEY
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 22 — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said Thursday that his wife’s cancer had returned in incurable form. He proclaimed that he would continue his bid for the presidency, saying, “The campaign goes on strongly.”
The announcement here by Mr. Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, followed an emotional 72-hour stretch.
On Monday, Mrs. Edwards reported pains to her doctor and learned that her cancer might have returned. On Tuesday, Mr. Edwards cut short a trip in Iowa to fly back on a charter plane. The couple, alone, went to the University of North Carolina hospital on Wednesday for a daylong battery of tests that confirmed the diagnosis. (more…)