Harris is expected to call on Trump to forfeit the 2024 presidential election

Vice President Harris is expected to call President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to concede the 2024 presidential election and is also expected to make public comments, according to two Harris aides.

Harris is scheduled to address the nation at 4 p.m. ET at Howard University, her alma mater. In the meantime, she is working on her speech, one of the advisers said.

President Joe Biden also plans to call Trump on Wednesday and speak publicly about the election results, according to a White House official.

Biden's response to Trump's overall victory is expected to include all the things Trump never did when Biden won in 2020 – a phone call to congratulate him, an invitation to the White House and an offer to attend his inauguration, the White official said house.

NBC News called the presidential election Wednesday morning and predicted that Trump won just after 5:30 a.m. ET, receiving 276 electoral votes to Harris' 223 votes.

Trump, for his part, declared his victory in a speech to his supporters at a campaign party in Florida around 2:30 a.m. ET.

While Nevada, Michigan and Arizona were too close together on Wednesday morning, Trump had his sights set on several states where both candidates spent a lot of time: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

Harris, 60, launched her presidential campaign after President Joe Biden, 81, withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed her as the Democratic Party nominee. Biden was eliminated after his disastrous performance in a presidential debate against Trump in June, prompting key members of the party to express deep concerns about his age and his ability to win the general election and serve another four years in the White House.

While Harris had about three months to campaign, Trump launched his re-election campaign, his third for president, shortly after the 2022 midterm elections in November.

Polls had shown in recent weeks that the race was even and Harris faced a gender divide with more men, particularly white men, supporting Trump. The NBC News exit poll found that 54% of male voters voted for the former president, while 44% voted for Harris.

The vice president had repeatedly said she was the “loser” in the 2024 contest and was struggling to distance herself from Biden and his administration and present herself as a candidate for change.

Their proposal to voters included an “opportunity economy” that would benefit the middle class and tax the rich; a promise to sign a bill that would codify Roe v. Wade's abortion protections nationwide; plans to help make rent more affordable; and help families with home health care costs. Harris also attacked Trump, calling him “increasingly unstable” and “unsettled” and warning voters that the former president posed a threat to democracy, calling him a “fascist.”

The 78-year-old Trump presented himself as the candidate who could strengthen the economy and manage conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. The former president was re-elected despite being convicted of 34 felonies in a New York hush-money trial and despite attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, leading to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.