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 Why Catherine O'Hara's death feels like a 'gut punch.' New batch of Epstein files contains more eyebrow-raising claims. Newborn calf snuggles up with human kids The world's richest shipwreck 'is still sitting there.' Report an error