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 Iran-linked hackers launch 'significant' cyberattack. JD Vance's war skepticism is becoming an issue. Shocker at the Oscars: a rare tie. Something else being smuggled in from Mexico: cacti. Report an error