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 Israel's 'decapitation' strategy in Iran carries risks. Democrats walk out on Bondi's Epstein files briefing. Woman arrested in Iowa murder that puzzled cops for 15 years. America's top five dog breeds. Report an error