WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral service was held Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. The consequential and polarizing former vice president under Republican George W. Bush is now among a bipartisan group of prominent leaders commemorated there.
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The casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney while services are held at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former President Joe Biden shakes hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, with Jill Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, before the start of the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former Presidents front row from left, George W. Bush with Laura Bush and Joe Biden with Jill Biden, look on as a joint services body bearer team arrive with the casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former Presidents front row from left, George W. Bush with Laura Bush and Joe Biden with Jill Biden, talk together before the funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former President George W. Bush is seen speaking a tribute on the monitors during the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
From left, former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, Marilyn Quayle and former Vice President Kamala Harris, front right, and other invited guests, are seated before the funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A joint services body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney out of the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, speaks a tribute to her father, during the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney, at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney is held at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Washington National Cathedral is photographed in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)
Wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney second left, is escorted along with daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., fourth left, and family after a memorial service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The casket with former Vice President Dick Cheney is carried out of the Washington National Cathedral after services, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney while services are held at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former President Joe Biden shakes hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, with Jill Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, before the start of the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former Presidents front row from left, George W. Bush with Laura Bush and Joe Biden with Jill Biden, look on as a joint services body bearer team arrive with the casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former Presidents front row from left, George W. Bush with Laura Bush and Joe Biden with Jill Biden, talk together before the funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Former President George W. Bush is seen speaking a tribute on the monitors during the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
From left, former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, Marilyn Quayle and former Vice President Kamala Harris, front right, and other invited guests, are seated before the funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A joint services body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney out of the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, speaks a tribute to her father, during the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney, at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney is held at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Washington National Cathedral is photographed in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)
Wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney second left, is escorted along with daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., fourth left, and family after a memorial service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The casket with former Vice President Dick Cheney is carried out of the Washington National Cathedral after services, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
