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| The late Dick Cheney, |
Dick Cheney, a central figure in American politics and one of the most influential vice presidents in U.S. history, has died at the age of 84.
The former vice president, who played a key role in shaping U.S. policy after the September 11 attacks and in the Iraq War, passed away on Monday night, November 3, 2025, according to USA Today.
The Cheney family confirmed his death in a statement, reflecting on a long career that spanned decades within the Republican Party’s inner circle.
Cheney’s tenure as vice president under President George W. Bush solidified his reputation as a formidable strategist and a steadfast advocate of a robust national security approach.
His leadership during the early 2000s left a lasting imprint on U.S. foreign and defense policy, a legacy that continues to be debated and studied by scholars and policymakers.
Beyond his vice presidency, Cheney’s influence extended through his years in public service and within the conservative movement, marking a period of Washington where power and policy were deeply intertwined.
His passing closes a chapter in a political era often described as the old guard of the Republican Party, a faction that has since evolved in an increasingly dynamic and polarized landscape.
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| President George W. Bush |
USA Today writes that with his reputation as a war hawk, Cheney helped lead the push under President George W. Bush to invade Iraq based on intelligence ‒ later proven wrong ‒ that Saddam Hussein had amassed weapons of mass destruction.
Tapped by Bush as his 2000 running mate for his decades of Washington experience, Cheney became a top target of Bush critics for the enormous role he played in shaping the administration’s foreign policy, the report says.
The report continues: A Republican congressman from Wyoming in the 1980s and Defense secretary for the elder President George H.W. Bush, Cheney's first prominent role in Washington was as deputy chief of staff and later White House chief of staff for President Gerald Ford.
After his two terms as vice president ended in 2009, Cheney became one of the nation's most prominent Republicans to oppose Donald Trump. Along with his daughter, Liz Cheney, a former congresswoman, Dick Cheney said that he voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
"There has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," Cheney said before the election, which Trump won.
Cheney died due to complications of pneumonia as well as cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement released by the former vice president’s family.
His wife Lynne Cheney, daughters Liz Cheney and Mary Cheney, and other loved ones were with him when he died, the statement said.
His family reflected on his decades of public service and his private life as a father and grandfather in the statement confirming his death.
“Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing,” his family said in a statement. “We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man,” concludes the USA Today report.
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