Cheney physician: Former vice president was 'easiest patient'

Dick Cheney’s decades-long physician called the late vice president his “easiest patient,” saying he never let his heart disease interfere with living a full life.

“He never let politics or his office get in the way … of doing the right thing for his health," physician Jonathan Reiner told CNN on Tuesday.

“He was also never concerned about what people knew about his heart disease. He was very open about it,” he added. “He was the easiest patient, unbelievably compliant. And I think that’s one of the reasons why he was able to live such a long and full life. He was very involved in his health care, very compliant, asked great, great questions, made great decisions. And he was a very, very easy patient, incredibly easy."

Cheney, who served as vice president under former President George W