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 Don't plan an overnighter to Grand Canyon's South Rim now. Raccoon breaks into liquor store, passes out by the toilet. A tree trimmer died in a horrific Los Angeles accident. Nevada wife gets life over campground murder. Report an error