Politics | Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Leaves Hospital Ex-VP discharged after a month, implantation of cardiac device By Marie Morris Posted Aug 9, 2010 5:30 PM CDT Copied Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed on ABC's "This Week" in Washington, Feb. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/ABC, Fred Watkins) Former VP Dick Cheney left the hospital today, 6 weeks after being admitted because he was suffering "discomfort" and about a month after having a cardiac pump implanted. Cheney, 69, suffered his first heart attack at age 37, notes the Wall Street Journal. He will continue to recuperate at home, his office said in a statement. Read These Next Hundreds of South Koreans were detained at a Georgia factory site. The story of a failed secret SEAL mission in North Korea. How you make it up the mountain can earn you cheers, or jeers. Residents of famed nudist ranch are suing property owners. Report an error