Stupidly Standing By Your Man? (Photos)

As Elizabeth Edwards battles stage-IV breast cancer, she also endures the bitter truth about her husband: The ex-presidential candidate John Edwards carried on an affair with his videographer, Rielle Hunter, in 2008. While Edwards denies that he is the father of a baby Hunter bore in February 2008, the true identity of the baby's daddy has yet to be made public. Despite the deceit in her marriage and her fatal diagnosis, Elizabeth has remained a strong wife, mother and businesswoman. She not only opened a furniture store in June 2009, but also published a successful memoir in May 2009 called Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities — which addressed her husband's infidelity.