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==Early life, education, and family==

[[Image:John Edwards 2 by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|John Edwards participating in a [[New York Times]] panel discussion.]]Edwards was born on [[June 10]] [[1953]] to Wallace R. Edwards and Kathryn Juanita Wade in [[Seneca, South Carolina]]. The family moved several times during Edwards' childhood, eventually settling in [[Robbins, North Carolina]], where his father worked in a [[textile mill]] and his mother was a [[mail|postal employee]]. Edwards was the first person in his family to attend college. He first attended [[Clemson University]] and later transferred to [[North Carolina State University]]. Although he graduated from high school in 1970, when the Vietnam War was raging, Edwards had no military service. Edwards graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in textile technology in 1974 from North Carolina State University, and later earned his [[Juris Doctor|law degree]] from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], both with honors.

While at UNC, he met fellow law student [[Elizabeth Anania Edwards|Elizabeth Anania]]. They married in 1977 and have four children. Their first, Wade was born in 1979 and [[Cate Edwards|Cate]] followed in 1982. In 1996, their 16-year-old son, Wade, was killed in a car accident. Following Wade's death, Edwards and his wife chose to have children again: Emma Claire, born 1998, and Jack, born in 2000. The Edwards family now live on a secluded 102 acre estate in rural/suburban [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]], in the [[Raleigh]]/[[Durham]]/[[Chapel Hill]] metro area, in North Carolina.