The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down is a 2010 tell-all book, chronicling over a decade working behind the scenes with former North Carolina senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, which American actress and film producer, did he have an extramarital affair with?
Rielle Hunter Rielle Hunter (born Lisa Jo Druck on March 20, 1964, also known as Lisa Hunter, Lisa Jo Hunter, and Rielle Jaya James Druck) is an American actress and film producer. She is known for having had an affair and conceiving a child with 2004 Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee John Edwards. She is said to be the basis of a character in a Jay McInerney novel and she was an early adopter of YouTube as a means of distributing political viral marketing. Her father was implicated in a horse insurance fraud scandal, which involved the intentional killing of her horse when she was a teenager.
Sarah Southern Sarah Southern (born 1980, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) is a British businesswoman and former Conservative Party official and aide to Prime Minister David Cameron. In 2012, she became embroiled in the so-called "Cash for Access" controversy after undercover journalists from "The Sunday Times" filmed the Conservative co-treasurer Peter Cruddas apparently offering access to the Prime Minister and his Chancellor George Osborne for £250,000. Southern is alleged to have introduced the journalists to Cruddas, while boasting to friends she had made "a tidy sum" by introducing people to the Prime Minister.