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 A kidney recipient died of rabies from the infected donor. Another stabbing on a Charlotte train gets Trump's attention. South Africa's weekend arrived with a grim start. An incredible hush-hush effort saw 55 cartel bosses brought to the US. Report an error