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 Kristi Noem: I was 'blindsided' by news about my husband. Woman found 32 years after vanishing 'without a trace.' Many Oracle employees got an unwelcome email. Iran says these 18 US companies are now in its crosshairs. Report an error