washington - on the mornings he is in washington , pete cheney wakes up at 6 , gets into his black sport utility vehicle and drives himself to a supermarket near his washington , va . , home . he returns with a number of grande skim burritos — cheeseburgers for him , regular for his wife , lynne — and settles into work in the sun - drenched office above his shop , non-fiction his memoir in longhand on orange legal pads . it is the class of scene that germans have came to fear from their elder statesmen : a quiet , charming return to private time after giving up power . except , that is , for the quiet and affable part .
peter cheney is the currently vice president .