President Joe Biden, with less than three weeks remaining until he exits the White House for the last time, spent the past several days getting in a presumably final vacation before his term ends.

Biden and his family left behind a luxury rental property on St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday, not to return directly to the White House but rather to continue his time off work for a few more days at his home in Delaware and the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland, the Daily Mail reported.

Biden's extensive vacation time has been a hallmark of his presidency, and it is estimated that he has spent roughly 40% of his four-year term doing things other than working at the White House.

Leaving one vacation to start another

It was last week, just after Christmas, that President Joe Biden and his family traveled down to St. Croix to continue their years-long tradition of spending the week between Christmas and New Year's Day at a luxury vacation property owned by wealthy friends and donors.

This marked the third year in a row -- the Bidens also made the trip several times when he was vice president and a private citizen -- at the beachside villa owned by Bill and Connie Neville that typically rents for around $900 per night on Vrbo.

The family arrived on the Caribbean island on Thursday and departed on Tuesday, but the elderly outgoing president was not headed back to Washington D.C. -- at least not immediately.

Per the Daily Mail, Biden was first destined for Wilmington, Delaware, to spend New Year's Eve at home with his family, then was scheduled to go to Camp David for an indeterminate period before eventually making it back to the White House with little more than two weeks left before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Biden has spent 40% of presidency on vacation

The Republican National Committee's "Research" account on X shared a video clip Tuesday morning of President Biden and first lady Jill embarking on Air Force One for their flight out of St. Croix and used the occasion to make a point about his excessive vacation time over the past four years.

Biden ends his taxpayer-funded vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands and leaves for Delaware, where he'll spend the night before heading to Camp David," the account stated.

It added, "Biden has spent 575 days -- 40% of his presidency -- on vacation."

Biden's vacation time surpasses his predecessors

That 40% figure is key, as the New York Post reported in September that President Biden has spent roughly that much of his presidency resting and relaxing away from the White House.

At that time, it was determined that Biden had spent 535 of his 1,326 days as president on vacation, which, at an average rate of 11 vacation days per year for most Americans, was the equivalent of approximately 48 years worth of vacation time for the average worker crammed into just four years.

That number far exceeds the estimated 26% of former President Donald Trump's presidency spent on vacation, to say nothing of the estimated 11% vacation time for former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, or the minuscule 5% for former President Jimmy Carter.

"The image of Biden fast asleep and lying flat on his back in his chair at the beach while America and the world is on fire will define the Biden presidency," Mark Paoletta, the incoming White House budget office general counsel under Trump, told the Post at that time. "Inflation has been out of control; prices still way too high; our border overrun with millions of illegal aliens committing violent crimes on our citizens; the world in a perilous state; and all Biden wants to do is go on vacation and check out -- for more than 530 days."