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 Of AI-driven Ukraine drones, 'I think we created the monster.' Gunman kills 6 in three Mississippi locations. Pay system is worsening a huge shortage of mechanics. 'Karen' is so 2020. Gen Z has a new nickname. Report an error