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 "horrific" incident killed 3 deputies in East Los Angeles. Rare cancer claims a former Super Bowl champ. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. Basic Instinct is returning, 33 years after the original. Report an error