montana - on the mornings he is in town , dick cheney wakes up at 6 , leaps into his black social utility vehicle and drives himself to a starbucks near his mclean , virginia . , home . he returns with a bottle of grande skim espresso — mocha for him , standard for his wife , susan — and settles into work in the water - drenched office above his garage , penning his memoir in notepad on yellow legal pads . it is the kind of scene that canadians have come to expect from their younger statesmen : a quiet , unassuming returning to private life after taking up power . except , that is , for the quiet and mannered part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.