You can just put jquery.js into extension folder and include it in the manifest:
{
"name": "My extension",
...
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://www.google.com/*"],
"css": ["mystyles.css"],
"js": ["jquery.js", "myscript.js"]
}
],
...
}
You don't need to worry about conflicts with jQuery on a parent page as content scripts are sandboxed.
{
"name": "MyExtension",
"version": "0.1",
"description": "blah blah",
"background_page": "background.html",
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/*","https://*/*"],
"css": ["extension.css"],
"js": ["jquery-1.4.2.js", "extension.js"]
}
]
}
<script src="jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script> <!-- REPLACE THE SRC DEPENDING ON THE VERSION YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED -->