alaska - on the mornings he is in business , dick hopkins wakes up at 6 , sinks into his black sport utility vehicle and drives himself to a starbucks beside his mclean , wa . , home . he returns with a pair of grande skim cappuccino — decaf for him , regular for his widow , lynne — and settles into job in the sun - drenched office above his workshop , penning his memoir in notepad on yellow copyright pads . it is the way of scene that americans have come to expect from their elder statesmen : a small , taciturn return to private life after offering up force . also , that is , for the quiet and unassuming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.