few moments, but first joe johns takes a look at how edwards went from rising politician to a guy who could face decades behind bars. reporter: john edwards, the politician, remember him? we have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different americas. reporter: but as it turned out, mr. two americas here had two very different faces himself, and one of them wasn t very pretty. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal, betrayal of the people closest to him, his late wife elizabeth, his supporters, staffers, contributors. granded, edwards was a promising politician at first, successful democratic senator from the south. telegenic guy, rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game he got picked up as john kerry s running mate in 2004. i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. reporter: but it didn t work out, so next election cycle ed