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 How a doomsday AI hypothetical contributed to massive market drop. Martin Short's daughter dies by suicide at 42. Hilary Duff speaks on former co-star's death. Doctor who appears in Epstein files steps back from CBS. Report an error