Jeb: Marlins bid ‘fake news’

Jeb Bush is toning it down when it comes to the subject of the Miami Marlins.

Concerning his aspirations to own the money-losing MLB team, the former Florida governor said Friday that media reports had gotten ahead of themselves.

“Fake news actually exists outside of politics. It actually exists too when you’re trying to purchase a baseball team,” Bush said while speaking onstage at the Skybridge Alternatives Conference in Las Vegas.

That’s in contrast to May 2, when Bush told The Post he was “confident” that the bid for the Marlins he and Yankees legend Derek Jeter were making together would succeed.

The Post asked Bush after the panel what he meant by “fake news.” He declined comment, saying he had “no news.”

Bush and Jeter are still trying to raise the roughly $900 million in equity needed to buy the Marlins for $1.3 billion, a source close to the situation said. Together they have between $50 million and $100 million in personal resources to invest, so they need outside capital.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said this week he had not received a fully financed bid for the team.

He also said, “There are two bidders, at least, for the franchise.

“The bidders are in relatively the same place in terms of [bidding] price. Maybe minuscule differences. And they are in fact in the price range that Mr. [Jeffrey] Loria was looking for.”

Tagg Romney, son of Mitt Romney, is working on a rival bid, and billionaire Dean Metropoulos, who controls Hostess Brands, is also in the hunt, sources said.