Former Edwards aide draws scrutiny

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Questions are being raised about the source of income for a former aide to one-time Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, McClatchy Newspapers reported.

Edwards has publicly acknowledged a sexual affair with Rielle Hunter, who became pregnant and had a baby. Edwards' former aide, Andrew Aldridge Young, said he was the father of Hunter's baby.

Young, who finished law school at Wake Forest but apparently has never practiced law, has lived a Santa Barbara, Calif., home worth nearly $2 million, McClatchy reported Sunday, Records show Young is wrapping up work on a 5,300-square-foot home on a 10-acre lot outside Chapel Hill, N.C., the report said.

It was no known whether Young is working.

The National Enquirer, which first revealed Edwards' affair, reports that Young received $20,000 a month as part of a scheme to cover up the affair.