Overview
- Family spokesperson Jeremy Adler said Cheney died Monday evening local time at age 84, with his wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary at his side.
- Vice president from 2001 to 2009 under George W. Bush, he expanded the office’s reach and was pivotal in launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- A leading driver of post‑9/11 measures, he defended expanded surveillance, detention and interrogation policies, including the use of Guantánamo Bay.
- He struggled with long‑standing cardiac illness, suffered multiple heart attacks, and received a donor heart in 2012 after leaving office.
- Late in life he broke with his party’s direction, criticizing President Donald Trump and endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024, as Bush praised him as a patriot in a tribute.