Change selected radio
HTML
<fieldset>
<legend>Some radios</legend>
<label><input type="radio" name="radRadio" value="A"> Value A </label>
<label><input type="radio" name="radRadio" value="B"> Value B </label>
<label><input type="radio" name="radRadio" value="C" checked="checked"> Value C </label>
<label><input type="radio" name="radRadio" value="D"> Value D </label>
</fieldset>
<button>Change value</button>
CSS
label { display:block;}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$("button").click(function(){
$("input[value='D']").attr("checked","checked");
});
console.log( $("input[value='tt']") );
console.log( $("input[value='tt']")[0] );
console.log( $("input[value='tt']").attr("checked","checked") );
});