Overview
- A family statement said Cheney died Monday night, Nov. 3, 2025, from complications of pneumonia along with cardiac and vascular disease, with his wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary at his side.
- Cheney served as the 46th vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 after earlier roles as Secretary of Defense, White House chief of staff to Gerald Ford, and Wyoming’s at-large congressman.
- He was widely viewed as a central architect of post‑9/11 national security policy and an early, influential advocate for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leaving a legacy that remains intensely contested.
- Cheney lived for decades with serious heart disease, surviving multiple heart attacks and receiving a heart transplant in 2012.
- In later years he broke with much of his party by denouncing President Donald Trump and endorsing Kamala Harris for president in 2024, a stance echoed by his daughter Liz Cheney.