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 The tiny bite tasted horrible—and gave her botulism. Trump: I believe I'll have 'the honor of taking Cuba.' In a remote Polish forest, researchers find lost medieval town. Here's where Sean Penn was on Oscars night. Report an error