Biden plans to attend Dick Cheney's funeral Rebecca Morin and Joey Garrison, USA TODAYNovember 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM 0 Biden plans to attend Dick Cheney's funeral Former President Joe Biden plans to attend the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney that will be held in Washington, DC, on Nov. 20. Former first lady Jill Biden will also be attending, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to USA TODAY. Cheney, the former American businessman and politician, died of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Nov. 3 at the age of 84.
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Rebecca Morin and Joey Garrison, USA TODAYNovember 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Biden plans to attend Dick Cheney's funeral
Former President Joe Biden plans to attend the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney that will be held in Washington, DC, on Nov. 20.
Former first lady Jill Biden will also be attending, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to USA TODAY.
Cheney, the former American businessman and politician, died of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Nov. 3 at the age of 84. His funeral is slated to take place at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, at 11 a.m. ET.
See his political career in photos, including here at a news conference about the war appropriations bill in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 3, 2007.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>Dick Cheney, vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, has died. He was considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history.See his political career in photos, including here at a news conference about the war appropriations bill in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 3, 2007.
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Dick Cheney, vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, has died. He was considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history.See his political career in photos, including here at a news conference about the war appropriations bill in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 3, 2007.
">Dick Cheney, vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, has died. He was considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history.See his political career in photos, including here at a news conference about the war appropriations bill in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 3, 2007.
" src=https://ift.tt/MLz87ox class=caas-img>Congressmen Robert Michel R-Illinois,(left) and Dick Cheney R-Wyoming, (right), as they share a laugh with President Ronald Reagan on March 22, 1988 as he responds to a reporter who asked why he was on Capitol Hill. Reagan's response, after a pause, was that he was trying to think of an answer to the question. The president's visit to Capitol Hill was for talks on the possibility of resuming U.S. aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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Congressmen Robert Michel R-Illinois,(left) and Dick Cheney R-Wyoming, (right), as they share a laugh with President Ronald Reagan on March 22, 1988 as he responds to a reporter who asked why he was on Capitol Hill. Reagan's response, after a pause, was that he was trying to think of an answer to the question. The president's visit to Capitol Hill was for talks on the possibility of resuming U.S. aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
">Congressmen Robert Michel R-Illinois,(left) and Dick Cheney R-Wyoming, (right), as they share a laugh with President Ronald Reagan on March 22, 1988 as he responds to a reporter who asked why he was on Capitol Hill. Reagan's response, after a pause, was that he was trying to think of an answer to the question. The president's visit to Capitol Hill was for talks on the possibility of resuming U.S. aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
" src=https://ift.tt/tzXAauj class=caas-img>Dick Cheney he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on March 14, 1989, on the first day of hearings on his nomination for Defense secretary, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC.
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Dick Cheney he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on March 14, 1989, on the first day of hearings on his nomination for Defense secretary, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC.
">Dick Cheney he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on March 14, 1989, on the first day of hearings on his nomination for Defense secretary, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC.
" src=https://ift.tt/G1gQMyK class=caas-img>President George H.W. Bush (left) confers with Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney on July 12, 1990, during a cabinet meeting.
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President George H.W. Bush (left) confers with Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney on July 12, 1990, during a cabinet meeting.
">President George H.W. Bush (left) confers with Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney on July 12, 1990, during a cabinet meeting.
" src=https://ift.tt/GNrcO8J class=caas-img>Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell during a news conference in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 1992, on the situation in Somalia.
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Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell during a news conference in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 1992, on the situation in Somalia.
">Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell during a news conference in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 1992, on the situation in Somalia.
" src=https://ift.tt/UHuCGgT class=caas-img>Texas Gov. George W. Bush (right) and former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney (left) talk with the media before speeding away in a farm utility vehicle following a news conference at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, July 3, 2000. Bush, then a candidate for president, invited Cheney to the ranch to discuss the vice presidential selection process.
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Texas Gov. George W. Bush (right) and former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney (left) talk with the media before speeding away in a farm utility vehicle following a news conference at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, July 3, 2000. Bush, then a candidate for president, invited Cheney to the ranch to discuss the vice presidential selection process.
">Texas Gov. George W. Bush (right) and former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney (left) talk with the media before speeding away in a farm utility vehicle following a news conference at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, July 3, 2000. Bush, then a candidate for president, invited Cheney to the ranch to discuss the vice presidential selection process.
" src=https://ift.tt/hizNpx1 class=caas-img>Texas Gov. George W. Bush celebrates his nomination to be the GOP presidential candidate with wife, Laura, Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, and his wife, Lynne, in Philadelphia on Aug. 3, 2000.
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Texas Gov. George W. Bush celebrates his nomination to be the GOP presidential candidate with wife, Laura, Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, and his wife, Lynne, in Philadelphia on Aug. 3, 2000.
">Texas Gov. George W. Bush celebrates his nomination to be the GOP presidential candidate with wife, Laura, Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, and his wife, Lynne, in Philadelphia on Aug. 3, 2000.
" src=https://ift.tt/HtT7kiF class=caas-img>Vice President Dick Cheney is sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist during the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2001. His daughter, Elizabeth Perry, center, and wife, Lynne, look on.
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Vice President Dick Cheney is sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist during the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2001. His daughter, Elizabeth Perry, center, and wife, Lynne, look on.
">Vice President Dick Cheney is sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist during the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2001. His daughter, Elizabeth Perry, center, and wife, Lynne, look on.
" src=https://ift.tt/uj9KTzM class=caas-img>President George W. Bush with Vice President Cheney and senior staff in the president's Emergency Operations Center. The National Archives released a trove of photographs of Bush and Cheney in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The photos, taken by Cheney's staff photographer, depict the Bush administration responding to the tragedy. Most of the photos are taken from inside the president's Emergency Operations Center, including images of Bush's staff watching the president address the nation following the attacks. The emergency operations center is located underneath the White House.
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President George W. Bush with Vice President Cheney and senior staff in the president's Emergency Operations Center. The National Archives released a trove of photographs of Bush and Cheney in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The photos, taken by Cheney's staff photographer, depict the Bush administration responding to the tragedy. Most of the photos are taken from inside the president's Emergency Operations Center, including images of Bush's staff watching the president address the nation following the attacks. The emergency operations center is located underneath the White House.
">President George W. Bush with Vice President Cheney and senior staff in the president's Emergency Operations Center. The National Archives released a trove of photographs of Bush and Cheney in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The photos, taken by Cheney's staff photographer, depict the Bush administration responding to the tragedy. Most of the photos are taken from inside the president's Emergency Operations Center, including images of Bush's staff watching the president address the nation following the attacks. The emergency operations center is located underneath the White House.
" src=https://ift.tt/yC5tZ7l class=caas-img>President George W. Bush walks with Vice President Dick Cheney along the colonnade at the White House, Oct. 29, 2003, in Washington, DC.
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President George W. Bush walks with Vice President Dick Cheney along the colonnade at the White House, Oct. 29, 2003, in Washington, DC.
">President George W. Bush walks with Vice President Dick Cheney along the colonnade at the White House, Oct. 29, 2003, in Washington, DC.
" src=https://ift.tt/Zph7m3l class=caas-img>President George W. Bush (center), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from left), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (second from the right), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers (right) and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (left) walk out to address reporters on Aug. 23, 2004, at Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch. The group was at the ranch for Bush's Defense Policy and Program Teams meeting held annually at the ranch.
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President George W. Bush (center), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from left), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (second from the right), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers (right) and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (left) walk out to address reporters on Aug. 23, 2004, at Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch. The group was at the ranch for Bush's Defense Policy and Program Teams meeting held annually at the ranch.
">President George W. Bush (center), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from left), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (second from the right), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers (right) and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (left) walk out to address reporters on Aug. 23, 2004, at Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch. The group was at the ranch for Bush's Defense Policy and Program Teams meeting held annually at the ranch.
" src=https://ift.tt/2QxRekN class=caas-img>Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by his wife Lynn, daughter Elizabeth and three of her four children, and daughter Mary, who is his campaign manager, traveled by bus through eastern Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 25, 2004.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by his wife Lynn, daughter Elizabeth and three of her four children, and daughter Mary, who is his campaign manager, traveled by bus through eastern Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 25, 2004.
">Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by his wife Lynn, daughter Elizabeth and three of her four children, and daughter Mary, who is his campaign manager, traveled by bus through eastern Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 25, 2004.
" src=https://ift.tt/GN82C1n class=caas-img>Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington on Jan. 4, 2006.
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Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington on Jan. 4, 2006.
">Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington on Jan. 4, 2006.
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Outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) is joined on stage by President George W. Bush (second from left), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from right) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace (right) during an Armed Forces Full Honor Review in honor of the Secretary of Defense on Dec. 15, 2006, at the Pentagon.
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Outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) is joined on stage by President George W. Bush (second from left), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from right) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace (right) during an Armed Forces Full Honor Review in honor of the Secretary of Defense on Dec. 15, 2006, at the Pentagon.
">Outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) is joined on stage by President George W. Bush (second from left), Vice President Dick Cheney (second from right) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace (right) during an Armed Forces Full Honor Review in honor of the Secretary of Defense on Dec. 15, 2006, at the Pentagon.
" src=https://ift.tt/RL0kVof class=caas-img>Former Vice President Dick Cheney at his home in McLean, Virginia, on Oct. 29, 2011.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney at his home in McLean, Virginia, on Oct. 29, 2011.
">Former Vice President Dick Cheney at his home in McLean, Virginia, on Oct. 29, 2011.
" src=https://ift.tt/VzTIfq6 class=caas-img>Former vice-president Dick Cheney at his home outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Oct. 14, 2013.
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Former vice-president Dick Cheney at his home outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Oct. 14, 2013.
">Former vice-president Dick Cheney at his home outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Oct. 14, 2013.
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Former Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, during a USA TODAY interview at his home in Mclean, Va. on Aug. 29, 2015.
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Former Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, during a USA TODAY interview at his home in Mclean, Va. on Aug. 29, 2015.
">Former Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, during a USA TODAY interview at his home in Mclean, Va. on Aug. 29, 2015.
" src=https://ift.tt/c8dr6v2 class=caas-img>Former Vice President Dick Cheney (fourth from left), with his wife, Lynne Cheney (fourth from right) and their grandchildren look at the bust of the former vice president after it was unveiled at Emancipation Hall inside the U.S. Capitol Dec. 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. The bust is an honor that is afforded to all vice presidents.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney (fourth from left), with his wife, Lynne Cheney (fourth from right) and their grandchildren look at the bust of the former vice president after it was unveiled at Emancipation Hall inside the U.S. Capitol Dec. 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. The bust is an honor that is afforded to all vice presidents.
">Former Vice President Dick Cheney (fourth from left), with his wife, Lynne Cheney (fourth from right) and their grandchildren look at the bust of the former vice president after it was unveiled at Emancipation Hall inside the U.S. Capitol Dec. 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. The bust is an honor that is afforded to all vice presidents.
" src=https://ift.tt/RK3Bg9n class=caas-img>Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the father of former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, stands with former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, for a ceremonial swearing-in and photo-op during the opening session of the 115th Congress, on Jan. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the father of former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, stands with former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, for a ceremonial swearing-in and photo-op during the opening session of the 115th Congress, on Jan. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
">Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the father of former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, stands with former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, for a ceremonial swearing-in and photo-op during the opening session of the 115th Congress, on Jan. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney (center) greets former President Barack Obama during the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington, DC.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney (center) greets former President Barack Obama during the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington, DC.
">Former Vice President Dick Cheney (center) greets former President Barack Obama during the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington, DC.
" src=https://ift.tt/TNhrxuG class=caas-img>Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, father of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), listens to his daughter's remarks during a primary night event Aug. 16, 2022 in Jackson, Wyoming. Rep. Cheney conceded her loss in the Wyoming primary election.
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Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, father of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), listens to his daughter's remarks during a primary night event Aug. 16, 2022 in Jackson, Wyoming. Rep. Cheney conceded her loss in the Wyoming primary election.
">Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, father of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), listens to his daughter's remarks during a primary night event Aug. 16, 2022 in Jackson, Wyoming. Rep. Cheney conceded her loss in the Wyoming primary election.
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Dick Cheney, vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, has died. He was considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history.See his political career in photos, including here at a news conference about the war appropriations bill in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 3, 2007.
Considered the most powerful and the most controversial vice president in American history, Cheney served as vice president under George W. Bush for two terms from 2001 to 2009. In his role, he led the push to invade Iraq in 2003 and expand executive authority.
Bush, the former president, is slated to speak at the memorial. It's not known if other presidents will be in attendance.
Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY
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