There's a website I love, despair.com, that sells clever "demotivators." Hunter Biden's story reminds me of two of their most relevant offerings:

"Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."

(https://despair.com/products/mistakes)

"Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction."

https://despair.com/products/priorities