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 Bill Gates apologized to his staff, spoke of his affairs. Home Improvement actor is going to jail for more than a year. Driver who killed Dixie Chicks founder hears his fate. Squatty Potty inventor is in trouble with the law. Report an error