Former Vice President Joe Biden is the highest-profile Democrat to appear for Doug Jones during the race, with an October rally in Birmingham. | Brynn Anderson/AP Obama, Biden to record robo-calls for Jones

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama senate candidate Doug Jones is getting some last-minute help from Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who are separately recording robo-calls for the Democratic hopeful.

A source close to campaign confirmed that the former president will record a call for Jones, while a Democrat close to Biden told POLITICO that he’ll also work on Jones’ behalf.


In addition to recording the call that will hit Alabamian's phones one day before they vote, the former vice president is planning to tap his large email list on behalf of the former U.S. Attorney running against Roy Moore. The call will make no mention of Moore, the person familiar with the plan said.

Biden, a potential presidential contender in 2020, is the highest-profile Democrat to appear for Jones during the race, with an October rally in Birmingham.

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Since then, though, Jones’ campaign has been careful to avoid the perception that he’s getting help from the national Democratic party, which is widely reviled in the state Donald Trump won by 28 points in 2016. Biden, who is now on a book tour for his new memoir, has not reappeared in Alabama since that event.

But Jones' closing push against Moore, the former state supreme court chief justice who has largely disappeared from the campaign trail amid accusations that he sexually assaulted and pursued underage women, has featured a pair of other national-level surrogates.

Over the weekend, Jones appeared with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in an attempt to energize the African American voter base the candidate needs on his side.

At the same time, Moore has also gotten help from national-level Republicans, even as many leaders in his party remain deeply wary of his candidacy.

Trump, who rallied Moore supporters just across the border in Pensacola, Fla. last week, cut a robo-call for him, and former White House strategist Steve Bannon is set to headline an event with Moore in Midland City on Monday evening. America First Action, the primary pro-Trump super PAC, has also disclosed spending over $1 million on behalf of Moore this month, according to federal filings.