President Joe Biden is rounding out 2023 on vacation while the administration snubs a traditional end of the year press conference.

Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrived at St. Croix in the Caribbean on Wednesday where they will stay through the New Year. The trip cements the White House’s earlier decision to skip the tradition of an end of the year press conference with reporters.

In the last press briefing of 2023 on Dec. 21, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked why the president doesn’t want to “defend his record” to the American people before heading out on a holiday vacation. Biden traveled to Camp David on Dec. 23 where he remained until Dec. 26.

“I think anytime the president travels and is in front of the American people, he does that,” Jean-Pierre said. “He did that in Wisconsin, where he talked about Bidenomics. He talked about small businesses and how that’s a pillar of Bidenomics and investing in America. So, you heard him do that directly to the American people.”