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 Sheriff in Guthrie case says he may have a motive, and a warning. Think twice if you're in the UAE recording any missile strikes. Have you ever seen an inflated kitten? Meet 'Puff Kitty.' The USPS' latest stamps go low, really low. Report an error