How to write a launch.json file to debug a C-Program with Visual Studio Code?

Question

I know that Visual Studio Code in most cases, generates a launch.json file automatically for you when you hit "Run and Debug". However, this behavior does not occur when a C-Program is the target output.

I read the documentation at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/launch-json-reference. However, they only expose how to write a launch.json file for a C++ program.

Inside my .vscode folder I have the following files:

launch.json:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "gcc: launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/binaries/program",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb",
            "preLaunchTask": "gcc: build"
        }
    ]
}

tasks.json:

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "cppbuild",
            "label": "gcc: build",
            "command": "/usr/bin/gcc",
            "args": [
                "-g", "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/binaries/program",
                "${workspaceFolder}/main.c",
            ],
        }
    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}

When I hit "Run and Debug", I get the following error:

"Unable to start debugging. The value of miDebuggerPath is invalid"