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 In the early morning hours in East Hollywood, chaos. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. A "horrific" incident killed 3 deputies in East Los Angeles. The latest in the generation wars: the 'Gen Z stare.' Report an error