Biden bites baby: a last week of US election oddities

Biden took playful bite into leg of a baby dressed as chicken at White House's Halloween party

WASHINGTON:

It has been a wild US presidential election campaign, and the final week provided another selection of weird and wonderful offbeat moments.

President Joe Biden took a playful bite into the leg of a baby dressed as a chicken at the White House's Halloween party.

The 81-year-old pretended to sink his teeth into the child as he stood beside First Lady Jill Biden... who was wearing a giant panda costume to greet children.

For "Queen of Christmas" Mariah Carey, her favorite season may be just around the corner, but she reminded Americans that the election comes first in a social media clip.

Carey, wearing festive attire, launched into her hit track "All I Want For Christmas Is You" -- before actor Kerry Washington brought her to a halt.

"No, no, no, it's not your season yet Mariah. It's voting season," Washington said.

Kamala Harris's running mate Tim Walz, who nurtures a working man persona, ribbed Trump for stumbling during a photo op this week.

"This dude's nearly 80-years-old. He damn near killed himself getting into a garbage truck," Walz told a Pennsylvania rally, after video showed Trump stumbling as he twice missed the door handle at an airport in Wisconsin.

A touring, nude, 40-foot statue depicting Donald Trump -- complete with genitalia -- divided opinions when it appeared in Philadelphia in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

"I love freedom of speech," one local told The Philadelphia Inquirer. But a Republican Party official was less happy, slamming it as "appalling."

Police reportedly requested the removal of the unflattering artwork, which has been traveling the country ahead of the election.