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 Mass market paperbacks near the end. A loathed parasite teeters on the brink of eradication. Amazon's use of Chris Hemsworth for Super Bowl gag irks workers. Luigi Mangione had an outburst in court. Report an error