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 Driver who killed Dixie Chicks founder hears his fate. Home Improvement actor is going to jail for more than a year. Bill Gates apologized to his staff, spoke of his affairs. Christina Applegate pulls back the curtain on her real life. Report an error