[Galtoid]

According to this, she had Jack at the age of 51?? I never knew this. It could have some implications regarding breast cancer. Any docs out there?

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

IIRC - she underwent some hormonal treatments to enable her to conceive. I could have this all mixed up, though, the discussion about this took place several years ago during the last elections. They had lost a son and she wanted to give her husband another one.

[angcat]

Oh your kidding is Lizzy older than the Break Girl? I thought I was old having a kid at 39 but geez why in the world would you want children in your 50’s?

[TC Rider]

According to this, she had Jack at the age of 51?? I never knew this. It could have some implications regarding breast cancer. Any docs out there?

Not a doc, but, after they lost their first son in a traffic accident, the Breck Girl felt they had lost that 'perfect' family appeal and pushed Elizabeth to get pumped up on hormones to crank out two more for the campaign trail. It now appears that John has hedged his bets.

It would be interesting to know if her cancer is the kind that feeds on estrogen.

[Artist]

While she's never said so, she must have used donor eggs. That means that although she carried the babies, some other woman supplied the eggs that were combined with John's sperm. So he's the biological father, but she's not the biological mother.

Read all about it here: Did Elizabeth Edwards Use Donor Eggs (Slate)