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 President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Federal judge rips into Trump himself in deportation ruling. FBI boss gave out 3D-printed guns in New Zealand; they were destroyed. Johnny Carson's stunning former home is for sale. Report an error