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John Edwards’ wife’s family is speaking out for the first time about the affair. In a recent interview with Elizabeth Edwards’ brother, he speaks frankly about the fact that she seriously considered leaving John.

According to People Magazine:

Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer diagnosis forced her to decide quickly whether she would leave her husband after he confessed to having an affair, her brother and a friend told People magazine.

“She couldn’t say, ‘Well, maybe we’ll work through this for years, or maybe we should separate for two years,’” said Hargrave McElroy, a friend, told the magazine for its Aug. 25 issue. “(The cancer) forced her to choose whether to move forward.”

She made the heartwreching decision to stand by her man. The article goes on to say.

Edwards has said he both ended the affair and told Elizabeth about his infidelity in 2006. He kicked off his second bid for the White House in New Orleans a few days after Christmas, at an event that Hunter attended and Elizabeth did not.

But Elizabeth was out campaigning soon thereafter, and continued to do so after the couple disclosed in March that her breast cancer has spread to her bone and could not be cured. In July of that year, the Edwards renewed their vows to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary in the presence of a small group of friends and family, including their three children.

“There was anguish — excruciating anguish — for her in dealing with this,” McElroy said. “She was angry and furious and everything, but at one point she had to make a choice: Do I kick him out, or do we have a 30-year marriage that can be rebuilt.”

It’s sad that everything this woman has been through, she has to deal with this as well. In the end, forget John Edwards and Rielle Hunter. It’s Elizabeth Edwards that matters. She’s continuing her battle with cancer and having her head held high. We wish her only the best.