Both Hunter Biden and Donald Trump have benefited from their families’ money, stature and influence. While their cushy backgrounds may be similar, their legal woes are like apples and oranges: different, not just in the nature of the transgressions but also, more importantly, in how each has responded to the allegations. Hunter Biden is a recovering substance abuser, pulling himself out of a cycle of addiction who, as part of his recovery, has admitted to his actions and is taking responsibility for and the consequences of those actions. Trump is addicted to no one but himself. He is not in recovery and refuses to admit to culpability for any of his actions, rejecting any responsibility and answerability for his transgressions. Worse are the Republicans who show the depth of their heartlessness, jumping on the Trump victim bandwagon, showing no empathy or understanding of the struggles of a recovering substance abuser while mindlessly and wholeheartedly supporting the unrepentant, convicted sexual abuser. Hunter Biden pleads guilty, owns up, and pays up. Donald Trump doubles down, and denies, while choosing to attack the integrity of our political and justice systems and the very judge that he appointed, all in his attempt to escape any accountability for his actions. One response speaks to planting new seeds and reaching for new growth, the other to rotting orange fruit.