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 Cartoonist Scott Adams paralyzed amid a battle with cancer. 2 of Rob and Michele Reiner's kids speak out. Colleagues are heartbroken by murder of sports journalist. NASCAR is devastated by driver's death in plane crash. Report an error