Rielle Hunter: John Edwards had ‘problems’ VP vetting didn’t find

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Rielle Hunter, mistress of John Edwards and mother of their child together, has given a long interview to GQ magazine. In it, she says she was surprised that Edwards decided to pursue a run for the presidency because “he had a lot of problems going on that nobody knew about.” Hunter tells GQ that Edwards “had already been vetted for a vice-presidential campaign. And he had a lot of problems going on that nobody knew about.”

In the interview, GQ’s Lisa DePaulo asks about Edwards’ decision to announce his candidacy in December 2006 in New Orleans.

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