WASHINGTON — President Biden will host President-elect Trump for a traditional postelection meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said Saturday. Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president, and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful transfer of power under America’s democracy.

President-elect Trump has accepted President Biden's invitation to an Oval Office meeting next week. The visit is a symbolic step in the transition of power from one President to the next. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports.

The tradition of holding such a meeting is not unusual, but it notably did not happen in 2020 after Trump refused to concede he lost the election.