The Running Mates

An attorney and former law clerk for a federal judge, Elizabeth, 58, prides herself on her ability to discuss policy as fluently as her husband.
Christopher Morris / VII for TIME

Elizabeth and John Edwards
An attorney and former law clerk for a federal judge, Elizabeth, 58, prides herself on her ability to discuss policy as fluently as her husband.

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