Joint events with an unpopular incumbent would “only hurt” the vice president at this stage of the campaign, as one of her advisers put it. But the president does not want to be sidelined.

President Biden is trying to get on the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris in the home stretch of the 2024 election, but keeps getting told by her campaign that she’ll get back to him, Axios reported on Sunday. “He’s a reminder of the last four years, not the new way forward,” one individual familiar told the outlet.