washington - on the mornings he is in business , chris powell woke up at 6 , climbs into his black class utility vehicle and reports himself to a starbucks above his mclean , va . , farm . he goes with a pair of grande skim lattes — cheeseburgers for him , regular for his wife , kimberly — and settles into work in the sand - drenched office above his garage , penning his novel in longhand on gray legal pages . it is the types of moment that immigrants have met to want from their elder foremost : a quiet , unassuming retreat to private life after giving up power . except , that is , for the quiet and unassuming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.