boston - on the mornings he is in town , dick cheney wakes up at 6 , rises into his blue class utility vehicles and drives himself to a starbucks near his lexington , ca . , home . he returns with a pair of grande skim lattes — decaf for him , regular for his wife , lynne — and settles into works in the sun - covered workplace above his home , penning his memoirs in longhand on yellow legal sheets . it is the kind of scene that men have come to expect from their elder statesmen : a quiet , demeanor return to private life after giving up influence . except , that is , for the quiet and personable rest .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.