John Edwards denied being the father of a baby that came from an affair he had with Rielle Hunter. His wife was really upset, and now come word that a secret DNA test proves Edwards is a big fat liar, as if having an affair didn’t come as a big clue already. The National Enquirer has the exclusive:

UPDATE 8/13/09: Sources told WRAL Raleigh, N.C. that former U.S. Sen. John Edwards is expected to admit he IS the father of his former mistress’ 18-month-old daughter PUBLICLY.

BOMBSHELL WORLD EXCLUSIVE! John Edwards has secretly undergone a DNA test – and it proves he’s the father of his mistress’ love child, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.

Multiple sources confirm the bombshell development, and reveal lawyers for the disgraced presidential candidate are privately hammering out child support payments with his former lover Rielle Hunter.

Edwards – who hotly denied he was the child’s father when he publicly confessed his affair with Rielle on ABC’s Nightline a year ago – has broken the news to his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth, sources say.

But The ENQUIRER has also learned that Rielle testified against Edwards before a federal grand jury that’s probing whether he broke campaign finance laws by secretly funneling money to her – and her testimony could send the former North Carolina senator to jail!

The positive DNA test finally ends the elaborate cover-up that Edwards engineered to hide the fact that he fathered Rielle’s 18-month-old daughter Frances.

As The ENQUIRER previously reported in a series of explosive investigative reports, the cover-up involved "hush money" paid to Rielle and Andrew Young, a once-loyal Edwards aide who claimed he’d fathered her child. The secret payments were made by the late Fred Baron, who was Edwards’ national finance chairman.

With Young being left out to dry by Edwards, he pulled a "John Dean" to testify before the grand jury before he could publish his tell-all book about the conspiracy.

"Rielle had no choice but to demand John take a DNA test," said the close friend.

"She was worried about getting long-term financial support for her daughter. So she hired an attorney, and John consented to undergo a secret swab test to establish paternity.

"There was no surprise: The results of the DNA test proved John was Frances’ daddy."

Another source confirmed to The ENQUIRER: "John always knew he was the father of Rielle’s baby.

"Despite the ongoing financial negotiations, sources say Rielle testified against Edwards in front of the grand jury, spending nine hours inside the courthouse on Aug. 6 in Raleigh, N.C.

Rielle’s testimony against Edwards came as a "cooperating witness" for the government, added a source familiar with the investigation.

"Rielle is not dumb. She knew the feds had subpoenaed her bank statements and knew about every payment she received," said the source.

"The FBI told her it was in her best interests to tell the truth, and she did. And unlike the others who have testified, Rielle was driven to the court by FBI agents and escorted in by them. She got favorable treatment because she testified against John."

Edwards is facing federal corruption charges.

The baby John Edwards allegedly had with Rielle Hunter is now one year old.

Even though you’re still married John, if that’s your baby, shouldn’t you spend some time?

Look at the resemblance.

Ever notice how we don’t hear much about political scandals when there isn’t an election coming up? Are politicians suddenly on their best behavior when they aren’t up for reelection?

According to the National Enquirer John Edwards FINALLY admitted to his dying wife, Elizabeth Edwards, that he did father a baby with mistress Rielle Hunter.

Elizabeth is publishing a book in May to chronicle her struggles over the years, which include the cancer that is killing her. Rielle Hunter is rushing through a book of her own to talk about her affair, and child, with cheater John Edwards. Hunter is trying to get her book published before Elizabeth’s. What a scumbag.

John and Rielle are perfect for each other.

John Edwards, who was being considered for the vice presidential candidate by Barack Obama, will not be attending the Democratic convention next week. Jonathan Prince, who served as deputy chief of staff on the Edwards 2008 presidential campaign, said:

"Unequivocally, he is not going to Denver."

It seems odd that Democrats want nothing to do with Edwards, when Bill Clinton paid out almost a million dollars in a lawsuit for sexual harassment while he was president, and Bill is still a huge with Democrats. It appears Democrats are okay with sexual promiscuity, but they draw the line at a love child, unless of course you’re Jesse Jackson who also has a love child. Then again, Jackson doesn’t hold public office.

John Edwards paid his mistress Rielle Hunter with campaign funds, according to a new report, which is a federal crime. Edwards has tried to spin it to make it look like Rielle was paid for video footage, even though she was already paid in excess of $100,000 for her work shooting video of Edwards on the campaign trail. Here is a summary of the story:

• Edwards’ OneAmerica political action committee paid Rielle $14,000 for 100 hours of of cutting-room floor videotape.
• Edwards insisted during an interview Aug. 8 that he broke off the affair and confessed his infidelity to wife Elizabeth in 2006. But Hunter appeared at campaign events in the final days of December. One such event was his formal campaign announcement in New Orleans, which Elizabeth did not attend.
• Edwards said several times in his interview with ABC News the affair was short-lived, but there is evidence that Edwards and Hunter spent months together in 2006, traveling the world and the country as he prepared for his second run for the White House.
• One of Hunter’s friends, Pigeon O’Brien, told the AP that Hunter told her the affair with "John from North Carolina," who was married to a woman who had been seriously ill, began in March 2006. That conflicts with Edwards’ statement the affair started only after he hired Hunter to produce several videos for his Web site, the first payment for which came in July 2006.
• Hunter and a business partner founded Midline Groove Ltd. in June 2006.
• Midline Groove Ltd. is the company Edwards campaign contracted to shoot video of his campaign.
• Legal experts assert that payments made to Rielle were hush money, but were made to look like payments for her work from his political action committee.
• Edwards has denied Rielle was paid to cover up the affair, and said he had no knowledge that Fred Baron was sending money to both her and a married Edwards staffer, Andrew Young (41), who later claimed to be the father of Hunter’s daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter. She was born in February 2008.

A federal investigation needs to be conducted to see if John Edwards campaign funds were paid to Reille Hunter after the two started having an affair, and broke federal campaign fund laws. Edwards appears to be a liar, a cheater, and a crook, but he was still on the Barack Obama vice presidential running mate short list.