| | July 6, 2004, accepted the Vice Presidential nomination on Kerry's ticket. |
| | Announced his official withdrawal at a Raleigh, North Carolina press conference on March 3, 2004. |
| | Indicated on January 28, 2004 that he has no interest in running as vice president. |
| | Edwards' campaign was often characterized by the American news media as populist; his stump speech spoke of "two Americas;" one composed of the wealthy and privileged, and the other of the hard-working common man. |
| | September 15, 2003, Edwards unofficially announced his intention to seek the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. |
| | Serves on several Senate committees, including the Intelligence and Judicial committees. |
| | November 2000, People magazine named him as its choice for the "sexiest politician." |
| | During the 2000 Presidential campaign, Edwards made Democratic nominee Al Gore's Vice Presidential nominee short list (along with John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, Gore's eventual pick). |
| | His skill as a trial attorney was evident during President Bill Clinton's 1999 Senate impeachment trial. Was responsible for the deposition of witnesses Monica Lewinsky and Vernon Jordan, played a critical role in the Senate proceedings that eventually ended in the President's acquittal. |
| | Won election to the U.S. Senate in 1998 by defeating the favored incumbent Republican, Lauch Faircloth. |
| | Before entering politics, was a successful trial attorney who represented families and children that had allegedly been wrongly injured by negligent corporate manufacturers and municipal entities. |
| | Family resides in Raleigh, North Carolina and Washington DC; Edwards also owns a beach home near Wilmington, North Carolina and ~100 acres of land near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. |
| | Following Wade's death, with his wife chose to have children again; their two youngest, Emma Claire (1999) and Jack (2001) were conceived with the aid of fertility treatments. |
| | Just one month prior to the beginning of testimony in the Lakey case in 1996, lost his 16-year-old son, Wade, in an automobile accident. |
| | Wears Wade's Outward Bound pin on his suit jacket. |
| | Their first two, Wade and Catharine, were born soon after John and Elizabeth's marriage. |
| | Edwards and his wife Elizabeth have had four children. |
| | While at UNC-Chapel Hill, met and married his wife, fellow law student Elizabeth Anania. |
| | When he started his legal career, began using the name John rather than Johnny. |
| | Graduated with a bachelor's degree in textile technology in 1974, and later earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, both with honors. |
| | Briefly attended Clemson University in South Carolina, where he was passed over for a football scholarship, before transferring to North Carolina State University. |
| | Was the first person in his family to attend college. |