John Edwards Caught Up in Love Child Scandal

Presidential candidate John Edwards is caught up in a love child scandal. Rielle Hunter, a woman linked to Edwards in a cheating scandal earlier this year, is more than six months pregnant â€” and she’s saying that Edwards is the father of her baby!

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In a bizarre twist, Young â€” a 41-year-old married man with young children â€” now claims HE is the father of Rielle’s baby! But others are skeptical, wondering if Young’s paternity claim is a cover-up to protect Edwards.

Meanwhile, Edwards’ cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth has joined him on the campaign trail.

In a statement issued through her attorney, Rielle said: “The fact that I am expecting a child is my personal and private business. This has no relationship to nor does it involve John Edwards in any way. Andrew Young is the father of my unborn child.”

But a source extremely close to the 43-year-old divorcÃ©e says Rielle has told a far different story privately: “Rielle told me she had a secret affair with Edwards. When she found out that she was pregnant, she said he was the father.”

Rielle loves Edwards and will do anything to protect him, the source says.