by Cheney on May 19, 2006, on the Late Show with David Letterman, David Letterman brought up some of the issues raised by the gay community. He asked Cheney why she had waited two years after the 2004 election to speak publicly about gay marriage and LGBT rights, and asked whether she had any input with the Bush administration regarding gay issues. Cheney responded that she did not, and that it had not been her job to do so. Fictional portrayals Actress Alison Pill portrayed Mary Cheney in the 2018 film Vice, a biographical film about Dick Cheney in which Mary's sexuality is cited as her father's reason for not running for president, because he is portrayed as wanting to protect her from attacks by his opponents in the Republican primaries. Neither Dick nor Mary Cheney provided comments on whether this or other depictions regarding them in the film were accurate. References External links 1969 births Living people American women in business AOL people Mary Colorado College alumni Colorado Republicans Children of vice presidents of the United States American lesbians LGBT conservatism in the United States LGBT people from Colorado LGBT people from Virginia American LGBT rights activists People from Great Falls, Virginia University of Denver alumni Virginia Republicans Women business executives