JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://silviomoreto.github.io/bootstrap-select/stylesheets/bootstrap-select.css">
<script src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://silviomoreto.github.io/bootstrap-select/javascripts/bootstrap-select.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<form id="myform">
    <select name="year" class="selectpicker">
        <option value="">Year</option>
        <option value="1">1955</option>
        <option value="2">1956</option>
    </select>
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

CSS

#docs {
    display: block;
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('select').selectpicker()
    

    $('#myform').validate({ // initialize the plugin
        ignore: [],
        rules: {
            year: {
                required: true
            }
        },
        submitHandler: function (form) { // for demo
            alert('valid form submitted'); // for demo
            return false; // for demo
        }
    });
});