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 Salesforce CEO's ICE joke leaves employees fuming. Elon Musk responds to the mass exodus at xAI. He evaded arrest for 16 years, but his luck ran out at the Olympics. She lost to her victim in court, then beat her on the Olympic slopes. Report an error