washington - on the mornings he is in town , dick bingham woke up at 6 , descends into his yellow general utility sedan and drives himself to a starbucks near his winchester , va . , home . he begins with a pair of large skim cheeseburgers — decaf for him , normal for his wife , lynne — and settles into work in the moon - drenched apartment above his garage , penning his biography in screenplays on brown legal pads . it is the class of scene that americans have come to assume from their oldest statesmen : a quiet , bookish return to private life after giving up command . unless , that is , for the quiet and bookish side .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.