JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>Some text here</div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

JavaScript

jQuery(document).ready(function(){

var a = $('div').html();

$('div').html('<p>'+a+'</p>');

});