Dick Cheney Recovering After Heart Transplant [VIDEO]
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has reportedly had a heart transplant.
The Associated Press quotes Cheney's office as saying the 71-year-old is recovering after a heart transplant.
Cheney's had heart problems since 1978, when he was 37. He's had five heart attacks and in 2010 received a heart pump. You can see part of the device in the November 2011 picture above.
Hear Cheney talk about that device and his decision-making process in whether to pursue a heart transplant in this September 2011 CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer.
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