Biden to appear with Fisher in Ohio but not Ellsworth in Indiana

Vice President Joe Biden makes stops in Indiana and Ohio Monday but will only overlap with one of his party's Senate candidates.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D) will join Biden at his speech at a Chrysler plant in Toledo. Fisher's campaign has been going through a rough patch recently — a Dayton Daily News article published Saturday noted he was "struggling" to stay in the race.  

Earlier Monday, Biden will attend the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Indianapolis, where he'll give a speech. While in Indiana, Biden won't overlap with Senate candidate Brad Ellsworth (D), who can't make the event. According to his campaign, he had a scheduling conflict.

Ellsworth has stated that he hasn't asked for the administration's help in his race against former Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.).

"I haven't talked to anybody about coming to Indiana," he told The Ballot Box earlier this month. "I don't have to bring anybody in because there's only two names [on the ballot]. It'll be Ellsworth-Coats."

A spokeswoman for the Ellsworth campaign reiterated that President Obama is "always welcome" in Indiana. 

—Updated at 11:17 a.m.