Uh, that’s not how I remember it at all. It’s interesting what Cruzies tell themselves to make it all okay...
Anyway-
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/sen-john-edwards-caught-mistress-and-love-child/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_extramarital_affair
you said the story caused him to drop out of the race. the story ran in 2013. silky pony was last a candidate in 2008.