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 Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. You might want to take mass transit instead of driving in this city. Robin Williams' daughter: AI clips of him are 'disturbing' Apprehensions at the US-Mexico border have fallen dramatically. Report an error