David Jackson

USA TODAY

President Obama will meet Wednesday with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a White House spokesman said.

"The President and Senator Sanders first discussed this meeting last December when Senator Sanders attended the Congressional Holiday Ball," said Obama press secretary Josh Earnest.

"The two will meet privately in the Oval Office and there will be no formal agenda," he added.

Obama has had similar informal meetings at the White House with Sanders' opponent, Hillary Clinton.