Politics | Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Hospitalized With Chest Pain Former VP in stable condition, staff says By Will McCahill Posted Feb 22, 2010 7:09 PM CST Copied Former Vice President Dick Cheney. (AP Photo) Dick Cheney is in a Washington hospital tonight after suffering from chest pains, his staff says. Doctors performed an angiogram on the former vice president—69 and with a history of heart trouble—and could administer further treatment tomorrow. Read These Next Colorado wants to give 'peace of mind' on Hunter S. Thompson. Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Hiker lost for days in Idaho had no pants or shoes. Turns out life on the California coast isn't always breezy. Report an error