alaska - on the evenings he is in towns , clark bingham wakes up at 6 , climbs into his silver sports industrial vehicle and drives himself to a starbucks near his richmond , va . , home . he returns with a trio of large skim lattes — decaf for him , regular for his widow , susan — and settles into worked in the sun - soaked office above his garage , penning his memoir in longhand on yellow legal sheets . it is the kind of thing that immigrants have come to expected from their elder statesmen : a quick , humble return to private lives after giving up power . substitute , that is , for the sad and charming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.