Gaffe-prone Biden taken off Kamala Harris' final campaign stops

With less than 48 hours until the election, Kamala Harris and her top Democratic allies are frantically campaigning across the country.

The vice president is jetting between swing states in a last-minute bid to land crucial votes that could help her in one of the closest elections in history.

But there is a notable absence from a usually very powerful supporter: President Joe Biden.

The 81-year-old commander-in-chief spent part of Sunday tucked away at the exclusive Fieldstone Golf Club near his home in Wilmington, Delaware.

He didn't play, but had lunch with his longtime friend and confidant, former Senator Ted Kauffman, after a week he - and the Harris campaign - would rather forget.

A series of gaffes from Biden meant he stole attention away from his vice president at a critical juncture in her battle with Donald Trump.

In his first unforced error, Biden called Trump supporters 'garbage' on a fundraising call in the middle of Harris' 'closing' speech outside the White House on Tuesday night.

On Saturday, while campaigning in Pennsylvania, he raised eyebrows by blasting Trump and his MAGA friends as guys you would like to 'smack in the a**'.

Biden left his schedule light so he could hit the trail for Harris, but her campaign hasn't reached out.

Instead, he has gone out on his own and garnered unwanted press coverage.

For some, Biden staying low-key may not be such a bad thing. 

Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau said Friday the best thing Biden can do for the Harris campaign is focus on his final months in office.

'I would look at the numbers, I would look at the race and say, I’m going to focus on being president over the next couple of days and that’s probably the best thing he can do not just for the Harris campaign, but himself and his legacy too,' Favreau said on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper.'

Harris responded to the Biden 'garbage' comments less than 24 hours later and condemned negative comments about any voters.

'First of all, he clarified his comments, but let me be clear: I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,' she told reporters on Wednesday. 

Favreau added: 'I actually think it was an opportunity for her that she took to separate herself a little bit from Joe Biden, which she has been - that’s been one of her big challenges - and I think now she can say in these final couple days, "Look, I am out here trying to fight for every vote and trying to bring people together and sort of end the division in this country and Donald Trump."'