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 Saudi tells Iran to wise up, 'stop attacking their neighbors.' Trump cracked a Pearl Harbor joke with Japan's leader. Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier pulls out of the Iran war. Second Duggar sibling charged with child sex abuse. Report an error