Congressmen Robert Michel R-Illinois,(left) and Dick Cheney R-Wyoming, (right), as they share a laugh with President Ronald Reagan on March 22, 1988 as he responds to a reporter who asked why he was on Capitol Hill. Reagan's response, after a pause, was that he was trying to think of an answer to the question. The president's visit to Capitol Hill was for talks on the possibility of resuming U.S. aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Mike Sargent, AFP Via Getty Images
Dick Cheney he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on March 14, 1989, on the first day of hearings on his nomination for Defense secretary, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. James Colburn, AFP Via Getty Images
President George H.W. Bush (left) confers with Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney on July 12, 1990, during a cabinet meeting. Jerome Delay, AFP Via Getty Images
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell during a news conference in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 1992, on the situation in Somalia. Robert Giroux, AFP Via Getty Images
Texas Gov. George W. Bush (right) and former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney (left) talk with the media before speeding away in a farm utility vehicle following a news conference at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, July 3, 2000. Bush, then a candidate for president, invited Cheney to the ranch to discuss the vice presidential selection process. Paul Buck, AFP Via Getty Images
Texas Gov. George W. Bush celebrates his nomination to be the GOP presidential candidate with wife, Laura, Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, and his wife, Lynne, in Philadelphia on Aug. 3, 2000. EMILIE SOMMER, USA TODAY
Vice President Dick Cheney is sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist during the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2001. His daughter, Elizabeth Perry, center, and wife, Lynne, look on. TIM DILLON, USA TODAY
President George W. Bush with Vice President Cheney and senior staff in the president's Emergency Operations Center. The National Archives released a trove of photographs of Bush and Cheney in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The photos, taken by Cheney’s staff photographer, depict the Bush administration responding to the tragedy. Most of the photos are taken from inside the president’s Emergency Operations Center, including images of Bush’s staff watching the president address the nation following the attacks. The emergency operations center is located underneath the White House. The U.S. National Archives
President George W. Bush walks with Vice President Dick Cheney along the colonnade at the White House, Oct. 29, 2003, in Washington, DC. STEPHEN JAFFE, AFP Via Getty Images
President George W. Bush (center), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from left), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (second from the right), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers (right) and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (left) walk out to address reporters on Aug. 23, 2004, at Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch. The group was at the ranch for Bush's Defense Policy and Program Teams meeting held annually at the ranch. LUKE FRAZZA, AFP Via Getty Images
Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by his wife Lynn, daughter Elizabeth and three of her four children, and daughter Mary, who is his campaign manager, traveled by bus through eastern Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 25, 2004. Tim Dillon, USA TODAY
Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington on Jan. 4, 2006. Tim Dillon, USA TODAY
Vice President Dick Cheney walks through the Collonade to attend Rob Portman's swearing in ceremony as Director of the Office of Management and Business (OMB) at the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2006. JIM WATSON, AFP Via Getty Images
Outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) is joined on stage by President George W. Bush (second from left), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from right) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace (right) during an Armed Forces Full Honor Review in honor of the Secretary of Defense on Dec. 15, 2006, at the Pentagon. TIM SLOAN, AFP Via Getty Images
Former Vice President Dick Cheney at his home in McLean, Virginia, on Oct. 29, 2011. H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY
Former vice-president Dick Cheney at his home outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Oct. 14, 2013. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
Former vice-president Dick Cheney at his home outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Oct. 14, 2013. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
Former Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, during a USA TODAY interview at his home in Mclean, Va. on Aug. 29, 2015. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
Former Vice President Dick Cheney (fourth from left), with his wife, Lynne Cheney (fourth from right) and their grandchildren look at the bust of the former vice president after it was unveiled at Emancipation Hall inside the U.S. Capitol Dec. 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. The bust is an honor that is afforded to all vice presidents. Keith Lane, Getty Images
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the father of former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, stands with former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, for a ceremonial swearing-in and photo-op during the opening session of the 115th Congress, on Jan. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
Former Vice President Dick Cheney arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, DC for the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump to become the 45th president of the United States. Win McNamee, Getty Images
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is seen at the U.S. Capitol as President George H.W. Bush lies in state in the Rotunda on Dec. 3, 2018. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
Former Vice President Dick Cheney (center) greets former President Barack Obama during the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, father of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), listens to his daughter's remarks during a primary night event Aug. 16, 2022 in Jackson, Wyoming. Rep. Cheney conceded her loss in the Wyoming primary election. Alex Wong, Getty Images
