Edwards moving family back home to Raleigh

With his wife's cancer treatment complete, former Sen. John Edwards and his family plan to move back to Raleigh, N.C., from Washington this week.

The former Democratic vice presidential candidate had planned to move his family to a new home in Chapel Hill, but it won't be ready until next spring, spokeswoman Kim Rubey said. They'll return instead to their longtime home in west Raleigh.

Elizabeth Edwards, who was diagnosed with breast cancer the day after Sen. John Kerry conceded the November election to President Bush, has completed several months of radiation and chemotherapy and has been recuperating from surgery in Washington.

"She is feeling great, and the doctors are incredibly positive and optimistic," Rubey said.

They have put their home in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood on the market for $6.5 million. The four-story house they bought for $3.8 million in December 2002 was built in 1830 and has been extensively remodeled.