The flags at the White House are lowered to half-staff in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Tuesday.

A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.

Cheney had a complicated relationship with Trump, with Cheney, at one point, describing Trump as a "coward" and a threat to the republic.

The death of former Vice President Dick Cheney cast a spotlight on his complicated legacy and the ways in which he and his family have been ostracized from the Trump-led GOP. Cheney was one of the

Dick Cheney, who as vice president was architect of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, embraced his critics' image as Darth Vader in defending America.

WASHINGTON: Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarising vice presidents in United States history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

Cheney studied at UW-Madison and worked for a Wisconsin governor and congressman in his early career. He returned to Wisconsin as recently as 2019.

Dick Cheney's wife, Lynne Cheney, has always been vocal about the need for spreading American history to children across the country.

Cheney - the VP under President Bush from 2001 to 2009 - died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night.