JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by nate
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<th>header</th>
<th>header</th>
<th>header</th>
<th>header</th>
<th>header</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>data</td>
<td>data</td>
<td>data</td>
<td>data</td>
<td>data</td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
var $table = $('table');
// One way
//$table.find('th:nth-last-child(-n+2), td:nth-last-child(-n+2)').hide('slow');
// Another way
$table.find('th').slice(-2).add(
$table.find('td').slice(-2)
).hide('slow');