Sen. Edwards Proposes to Mistress While Ex Wife Is Still Warm

John Edwards has proposed to his mistress Rielle Hunter, The National Enquirer reported Thursday.

A source told the tabloid that the disgraced former senator asked Hunter to marry him shortly after issuing a statement last year admitting that he was the father of her daughter, Frances Quinn.

Edwards, a one-time presidential candidate (and vice-presidential running mate to Al Gore), "is buying a luxury $3.5 million beachfront home where they can live happily ever after with their love child," the Enquirer said.

The couple will wed this summer, according to the tabloid.

It was the Enquirer that first broke the story of the affair between Edwards and Hunter, who worked on his presidential campaign.

Edwards' wife, Elizabeth Edwards, died of breast cancer on Dec. 7. Now that she's out of the way, the former Democratic Senator is wasting now time lining up his next partner. Earlier Thursday, it was reported that Elizabeth Edwards left everything she owned to her three children, leaving her estranged husband out of the will completely. See Chick's CAUGHT.